10th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 907 | Rus'-Byzantine War (907): Oleg led an army to the walls of Constantinople. | |
| Rus'-Byzantine War (907): A Rus'-Byzantine Treaty allowed Rus' merchants to enter the city under guard. | ||
| 912 | Oleg died and was succeeded by Igor, who may have been Rurik's son. | |
| 941 | May | Rus'-Byzantine War (941): A Rus' army landed at Bithynia. |
| September | Rus'-Byzantine War (941): The Byzantines destroyed the Rus' fleet. | |
| 945 | Rus'-Byzantine War (941): Another Rus'-Byzantine Treaty was signed. Rus' renounced some Byzantine territories. | |
| Igor died; his wife Olga became regent of Kievan Rus' for their son, Sviatoslav I. | ||
| 963 | Olga's regency ended. | |
| 965 | Sviatoslav conquered Khazaria. | |
| 968 | Siege of Kiev (968): The Pechenegs besieged Kiev. A Rus' general created the illusion of a much larger army, and frightened them away. | |
| 969 | 8 July | Sviatoslav moved the capital from Kiev to Pereyaslavets in Bulgaria. |
| 971 | The Byzantine Empire captured Pereyaslavets. The capital moved back to Kiev. | |
| 972 | Sviatoslav was killed by the Pechenegs during an expedition on their territory. His son Yaropolk I succeeded him. | |
| 980 | Yaropolk was betrayed and murdered by his brother Vladimir I, The Great, who succeeded him as Prince of Kiev. | |
| 981 | Vladimir conquered Red Ruthenia from the Poles. | |
| 988 | Christianization of Kievan Rus': Vladimir destroyed the pagan idols of Kiev and urged the city's inhabitants to baptize themselves in the Dnieper River. |
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