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Encyclopedia > Rurikid
The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 862 to 1598. More precisely, though, Russia per se did not exist during this time. The state that existed from 862 until 1240 (see Mongol invasion of Russia) is called the Kievan Rus. The Mongols forced the Rurikid rulers to... Rurik Dynasty

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Romanov Dynasty: The House of Romanov, an old boyar family, was elected in 1613 to serve as Russia’s second ruling dynasty, after the end of the Rurikid dynasty.
Rurikid Dynasty: Dynasty thought to have been established by a Viking, Rurik, to rule Novgorod in the 9th century.
Time of Troubles (Smutnoe vremia): The name conventionally given in Russian historiography to the period (1598-1613) between the demise of the ancient ruling dynasty of Russia, the Rurikids, and the accession of the Romanov dynasty.
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