As it absorbed other eastern Rus territories, it reclaimed the old name in its Greek form, Ruscia.

逐渐吸收了原属基辅罗斯的东部领土，他们改变了原来的名字，用了希腊发音，叫Ruscia。

For several generations, the Kievan Rus flourished from its rich resources and trade.

在很长的一段时间后，基辅罗斯由于自身广袤的资源和蓬勃发展的贸易变得十分强大。

The age of Kievan Rus had come to an end, its people now divided.

基辅罗斯的时代告一段落，原基辅罗斯的居民如今也散布在世界各地。

Before the creation of the Kievan Rus, the Ukrainian steppes for the home of, well steppe people.

在基辅罗斯出现之前，乌克兰人一直以草原为家，是彻头彻尾的草原人。

In 1221, the Mongols moved into northern Afghanistan, and in 1222, they defeated a combined army of Rus principalities.

1221 年，蒙古人进入阿富汗北部，1222 年，他们击败了罗斯公国的联合军队。

Mongol warriors from the east conquered Kyivan Rus in the 13th century.

13 世纪， 来自东方的蒙古战士征服了基辅罗斯。

According to legend, prince Vladimir chose to convert the Rus to Byzantine Christianity in the 11th century.

相传，弗拉基米尔王子在 11 世纪选择让罗斯皈依拜占庭基督教。

The Fourth Crusade and decline of Constantinople devastated the trade integral to Rus wealth and power, while Teutonic crusaders threatened northern territories.

当日耳曼的十字军逐渐抵达北部时随着第四次十字军战争和君士坦丁堡的沦陷，基辅罗斯因贸易而积攒的财富和权力慢慢沦陷。

So before there was a Russian empire, or even a Russian kingdom, there was the Kievan Rus.

所以在俄罗斯帝国甚至俄罗斯王国出现之前，就有了基辅罗斯。

The answers lie in an epic story of seafaring warriors, nomadic invaders, and the rise and fall of a medieval state known as Kievan Rus.

答案就在一个有着漂流的海上勇士，入侵的游牧民族，以及在中世纪起起落落的国家－基辅罗斯中。

Byzantine missionaries created an alphabet for Slavic languages based on a modified Greek script while Rus Viking warriors served as the Byzantine Emperor's elite guard.

在罗斯帝国的维京战士在拜占庭帝国做一流的守卫的同时拜占庭的传教士根据改良版的希腊字母为斯拉夫语创造了一套新的字母表。

In this lecture, the Rus culture rises from its wreckage, first in Vladimir's Suzdal and then in an unimportant, insignificant trading post on the remote Moscow River.

本次课讲俄罗斯文化是在一片残骸中兴起的，起初在弗拉基米尔大公国的苏兹达尔然后在莫斯科河上一个无足轻重的贸易港。

By that time the Rus had been at war with pastoral nomads for centuries; from the Khazars to the Pechenegs to the Cumans, and they were tired.

到那个时候， 罗斯已经与游牧民族交战了几个世纪。从可萨人到佩切涅格人再到库曼人， 他们都很累。

Which is an awesome idea and everything, but Russian, the language that developed from what the Rus spoke, sounds a lot more Slavic than it sounds, you know, Swedish.

这是一个很棒的想法和一切，但是俄语，从罗斯所说的语言发展而来的语言， 听起来比听起来更像斯拉夫语， 你知道，瑞典语。

He's taking us back to the 10th century because he talks about 988, which is the Christianisation of Rus, you know, some old mythical forebears of the Russian people.

他把我们带回了 10 世纪， 因为他谈到了 988， 这是罗斯的基督教化，你知道，俄罗斯人民的一些古老的神话祖先。

Religion played an important role in politics, and as the legend goes, in 987, the Rus prince Vladamir I decided it was time to abandon Slavic paganism, and sent emissaries to explore neighboring faiths.

宗教在当时的政治系统中有着重要的影响，随着故事的发展，在公元987年，罗斯的王子，弗拉基米尔一世决定是时候放弃斯拉夫的异教信仰了，他向邻国派去了使者，让他们去研究当地的宗教。

" Here I stand. Let Lord Gorold come and feast his eyes" . Aeron took a leather skin from Rus, freshly filled with water from the sea. The priest pulled out the cork and took a swallow.

" 我是来带你去城堡的。" 年轻的葛蒙德骑在马背上坚持。

According to the primary chronicle, which is a fancy term for " We're not totally biased, we promise this happened." The city was captured by the Ruhr Kidd dynasty in 882, from the Khazars, formally being annexed into the Kievan Rus.

编年史这个高级术语的核心要义为“我们完全没有偏见，我们保证这曾发生过。”据其记载，公元882年，鲁尔基德王朝从哈扎尔人手里夺取了这座城市，将其正式并入基辅罗斯。

He purportedly chose Christianity over Islam because of Islam’s prohibition on alcohol saying: " Drink is the joy of the Russian." Anyway, the Kievan Rus eventually fell in 1240 when these guys showed up and replaced them.

据称，他之所以选择基督教而不是伊斯兰教，是因为伊斯兰教禁止饮酒，他说：“喝酒是俄罗斯人的乐趣。”无论如何，当这些人出现并取代他们时，基辅罗斯最终在 1240 年垮台。