Гуманитарные и юридические исследования (Sep 2021)
ANCIENT RUS IN THE HISTORY OF THE FEUDAL STATES OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CASPIAN REGION IN THE END OF IX - FIRST HALF OF X c
Abstract
The initial stages of formation of the Ancient Russian state was marked by active military-political contacts with Byzantium and the countries of the Caucasus, Rus campaigns on Constantinople and the Caspian sea region. Analysis of Eastern and ancient sources allows to conclude that most large-scale campaigns of the Rus in the Caspian sea was a planned follow-up to the Prince's campaigns to Byzantium.
