Russia and Ukraine Battling for Historical Truth

... As before, the key issue still lies in establishing the successor of the Kievan Rus. As before, the key issue still lies in establishing the successor of the Kievan Rus. Prior to the arrival of Mr. Grushevsky's interpretation, the succession of the Kievan Rus and Tsarist Russia had been universally recognized (see V.M. Solovyov, V.O. Klyuchevsky). The incorporation of the Kievan Rus period into the historical roots of a state proceeds from the establishment of a certain state entity through a certain ethnos. Proponents ...