CHRONOLOGY - Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 391

sixth-eighth centuries
Slavs migrate from central Europe into the for-
est zone of Russia.

945
Igor's treaty with Constantinople.
Derevlian rebellion and Igor's death.

945-962
Olga rules as regent for her son, Sviatoslav.

Kievan Rus
862-1240

954 (955?)
Olga converts to Christianity. Olga visits Con-
stantinople and is baptized.

862
Traditional date for arrival in Novgorod of semi-
legendary Varangian (Norse) prince Rurik and
establishment of Rurikid dynasty, which will
provide Russian rulers until 1598.

962-972
Reign of Sviatoslav.

862-879
Rurik rules in Novgorod.

964-967
Sviatoslav leads campaign against Khazar state
to the east.

882-913
Reign of Oleg.

967-971
Sviatoslav's campaigns in the Balkans (967-92).

882
Legendary arrival of Oleg at Kiev; Novgorod and
Kiev unified as one state; capital transferred to
Kiev.

968
Kiev attacked by the Pechenegs.

970-971
Sviatoslav conquers Bulgaria.

907
Oleg attacks Constantinople, signs treaty with
Byzantine Empire.

971
Kiev signs treaty with Constantinople; yields ter-
ritories in the Balkans and the Crimean
Peninsula.

911
Second trade treaty between Kiev and Constan-
tinople.

972
Sviatoslav's death.

913
Oleg's death.

972-980
Reign of Yaropolk.

913-945
Reign of Prince Igor in Kiev.

980-1015
Reign of Vladimir, grandson of Olga.

941-944
Igor leads expedition against Constantinople.

943
Kievan campaign in Persia.

985
Vladimir wars against Volga Bulgars.