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。

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。

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。

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。