Kievan Rus military forces

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armed forces medieval military forces

Kievan Rus military forces were the medieval armed forces of the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus, composed mainly of princely retinues and levied warriors who conducted campaigns and defended its territories from the 9th to the 13th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Novgorod militia 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
medieval military forces ⓘ
commandedBy Grand Prince of Kiev NERFINISHED ⓘ
boyar commanders ⓘ
regional princes ⓘ
endTime 13th century ⓘ
foughtAgainst Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khazars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lithuanian tribes ⓘ
Mongol invaders ⓘ
Pechenegs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polish state NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teutonic Knights NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadDoctrine combination of cavalry and infantry operations ⓘ
hasComponent archers ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
city militia ⓘ
druzhina NERFINISHED ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
levied warriors ⓘ
militia ⓘ
princely retinue ⓘ
river flotillas ⓘ
rural levies ⓘ
siege troops ⓘ
influenced later Russian military traditions ⓘ
military organization of East Slavic principalities ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine military practices NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varangian military traditions ⓘ
operatedIn East Slavic lands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedAround personal loyalty to the prince ⓘ
partOf Kievan Rus NERFINISHED ⓘ
recruitedFrom Varangian mercenaries ⓘ
free peasants ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
townspeople ⓘ
startTime 9th century ⓘ
usedBy Kievan Rus nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ
princes of Kievan Rus NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor defense against neighboring states ⓘ
defense against steppe nomads ⓘ
dynastic warfare ⓘ
offensive campaigns ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
territorial defense ⓘ
tribute collection ⓘ
usedTactic ambushes ⓘ
cavalry charges ⓘ
riverine warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
usedWeapon axe ⓘ
bow and arrow ⓘ
mail armor ⓘ
shield ⓘ
spear ⓘ
sword ⓘ

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Muscovite army → precededBy → Kievan Rus military forces ⓘ
Battle of the Ice → involves → Kievan Rus military forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novgorod militia