Kyiv came first and was the centre of the original Rus’ state, with Moscow on its fringe. After the Mongols, the two went separate ways for about 300 years, with Ukraine oriented towards Lithuania and Poland. Then from the mid-1600s until 1991 Moscow ruled most of Ukraine, apart from the western regions under Austria and Poland. Russia’s official narrative treats the two as one people with a shared history. Ukraine’s narrative stresses a distinct path that began with that 13th-century split. I mean, if you want to go further, the name “Rus’” itself is probably Norse, from which Russia is named. The most widely accepted theory traces it via the Finnish word for Swedes, Ruotsi, to an Old Norse root meaning “rowing” or “rowers.”. Who ruled Kyiv, at a glance Period Ruler of Kyiv Approx. length c. 882-1240 Kyivan Rus’ (Rurikid princes) ~360 years 1240-c. 1362 Mongol Golden Horde (overlordship) ~120 years c. 1362-1569 Grand Duchy of Lithuania ~200 years 1569-1654/67 Kingdom of Poland ~90-100 years 1648-1667 Cossack Hetmanate (contested) ~20 years 1667/1686-1917 Tsardom, then Russian Empire ~250 years 1917-1921 Rival independent governments ~4 years 1921-1991 Soviet Union ~70 years 1991-present Independent Ukraine 35 years and the same for moscow Period Ruler of Moscow Approx. length 1147-c. 1237 Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, a part of Rus’ with only nominal ties to Kyiv by this time ~90 years 1237-1480 Mongol Golden Horde (overlordship, with local princes paying tribute) ~240 years c. 1263-1480 Within that: Principality, then Grand Principality, of Moscow (Rurikid princes ruling under the Horde) ~215 years 1480-1547 Grand Principality of Moscow, fully independent ~65 years 1547-1610 Tsardom of Russia (Rurikids, then Boris Godunov and rival claimants) ~60 years 1610-1612 Polish-Lithuanian occupation of the Kremlin ~2 years 1613-1917 Romanov dynasty: Tsardom, then Russian Empire from 1721 ~300 years 1917-1922 Bolshevik Soviet Russia (civil war period) ~5 years 1922-1991 Soviet Union ~70 years 1991-present Russian Federation 35 years

I have to say I hate this.... I don't use that word much, but this riles me up!

Government bodies decide who is an expert across the world. It's not a huge step to say you shouldn't talk unless you are an expert. And before you say that the government has no control in that, they most certainly do, either by hiring/firing leaders of that field or through the judicial system. It's why some countries ban elected officials from interfering, but these days they seem to ignore that.

how is it still a thing, so many collapsed companies, so many millions stolen...

I mean Hendra virus jumped from Bats to humans and horses, only in Australia, and all the researchers are only in Australia and most of those in QLD where most of the outbreaks have been and all the deaths have been, must be the researchers doing it..... My understanding is that corona virus is in the local bat population it kind of makes sense only the local people would be investigating it...

you just reply with the word "STOP" in either upper or lower case..... its simple.

its time to take over the world?

As a fan of that series with all the books again I felt it was a much better adaption than the RoP...

Not to say that this is incorrect, but I think that Jacksons version was closer, I don't think it quite captured her as per Tolkins description

Galadriel grew beautiful and tall, even for the women of the Noldor, being strong of body, will, and mind, "a match for both the loremasters and the athletes of the Eldar in the days of their youth."

Indeed, "she was then of Amazon disposition and bound up her hair as a crown when taking part in athletic feats".

The Dúnedain said that her height was two rangar, or "man-high" – some 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm)

She sounds like she was a bit of a fighter in her youth, kind of like the RoP show, but she also had magic about her always... I think these days with D&D every where people struggle to imagine a warrior and a magic user. But she as also a creator

Also, she was a Noldo, and therefore close to them in mind and in the passion for crafts; and in Valinor she had learned from Yavanna and Aulë, the creator of the Dwarves himself.

also this, she was not deceived by Sauron at all

Galadriel was not deceived, and rejected him, saying that he was not in the training of Aulë as he claimed

while I am not a US gamer, I am a gamer, and the reason for me is, there have been no games that are exciting or interesting to me coming out... there is somewhat of a drought of good games... Some Co-Op multiplayer games would be good. I suspect its also because of the trend to just update your game like Fortnite, so a you don't need to play another game to get new content and secondly the games companies are busy updating games instead of making whole new games.

Americans Are Drowning In Spain... why Spain? lol then I realised it was spam... not Spain.

:wat:

I mean I get you are joking, but if they did this, the passengers would be spattered all over the bulkheads, the velocity difference would be immense....

yep, they keep talking, but doing nothing much, they've been around since before spacex.... they need some runs on the board... and suborbital flights don't cut it...

Slightly sarcastic but ... Which nation? is this a worldwide website or a United States only website...