Руське Королівство. 20 цікавих фактів.

20 interesting facts about the Kingdom of Rus. Friends, with you is Ukrainian historian Oleksandr Ferov. Let's begin the countdown. Fact number one: The Kingdom of Rus was formed in 1253, when Danylo Romanovych was crowned by Pope Innocent IV. Second fact, friends: The title of our kings in the Latin European tradition was Rex Russiae or Rex Ruthenorum. In this context, Ruthenorum is the Latin equivalent, and Russia is the Greek one, because our state was called Russia in Greek, and there were also titles like Prince of all "Small Rus," where the context of "small" meant the authentic, ethnic Rus, the borders of this original state. Fact number three: The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Rus was a golden lion on a blue background, which created a phenomenon according to European rules. If you cannot depict the coat of arms, then depict its colors on the flag. Yes, friends, we have had blue and yellow colors on our flag since the 10th century. Fourth fact: The Kingdom of Rus was ruled by the senior Monomakhovychi. These were the oldest princes among our Rus dynasty and accordingly had rights to everything. But the younger Monomakhovychi ruled in the territory of the future Moscow Tsardom. Friends, thank you to everyone who watches this channel, who subscribes, who helps with likes, who helps with comments and shares. This is all very necessary to develop our Ukrainian YouTube. Do not forget to subscribe and recommend this channel. Fifth fact, friends: In the middle of the 14th century, our Kingdom of Rus minted its own coin, which depicted a lion and the inscription "Moneta Russiae." This coin was called a Groshyk. Sixth fact, friends: Russians hid the existence of the Kingdom of Rus. Do you know why? Well, because the Mongols came, destroyed everything, and somewhere there in the swamps around Moscow, the "unification of Russian lands" begins. And therefore, of course, in Russian history, the historiography lacks the concept of the Kingdom of Rus, and instead exists the "Galician-Volhynian Principality." So, friends, this is a fact they are hiding. Seventh fact, friends: From 1302 to 1347, a second metropolia existed in the Kingdom of Rus. Apart from the Kyiv Metropolia, which at that time had some problems with metropolitans, in 1302-3, the Halych Metropolia was formed, which existed until 1347, and then merged with the Kyiv one. And accordingly, in the titles of our metropolitans in the 14th century, for example, the title sounded like Metropolitan of Kyiv, Halych, and all of Rus. That "all of Rus" part was never present in the east. Eighth fact, friends: I emphasized that our coin was minted, yes, the Groshyk. However, the hryvnia remained the whole unit. Yes, the hryvnia remained from the 10th century, but the only thing is that in the Kingdom of Rus, this hryvnia had a different shape, not a bar, but a stick. Well, but the name "hryvnia" remains. Ninth: The territory of the Kingdom of Rus was vast, and it is considered to have been one of the largest European states. Yes, friends? Well, for example, besides the Galician land, it included the Principality of Peremyshl, Zvenyhorod, Terebovlia, Volodymyr, Lutsk, Belz, Kholm, Brest, Podillia, plus the Shipentsi and Berlad lands, from which the Moldavian principality later formed in the 14th century. And at the same time, friends, the territory of the Kingdom of Rus reached as far as today's Cherkasy and along the Dnieper. Yes. And at the same time, the Lublin area was also part of this territory. Then we lost a bit of it. The 10th fact, friends, is quite interesting. You know that the last monarch of this, our monarch of this kingdom, died in 1340. Do you know what happened to Yuri Boleslav Troidenovych? And that actually led to a dynastic crisis. He was the son of the last prince's daughter. And he was also the son of the Lithuanian prince Troiden. So it was a marriage where he was half a Lithuanian dynast and half ours. And this dynast died in 1340 from poisoning. Do you know why there was poisoning? Because throughout the entire existence of the Kingdom of Rus, ever since the annexation of Galicia to Rus, there was a very strong boyar opposition. Boyars who, well, could expel someone—for example, like when they expelled Danylo Romanovych from Halych—or push their own agendas. Therefore, this was a very powerful boyar influence. I will tell you a bit more about that later. But the fact that our last monarch of the Kingdom of Rus was poisoned is a rather tragic event. After that, everything started to fall apart. The 11th fact, friends: In the Kingdom of Rus, according to one chronicle record, there was a population census. Imagine that, as early as the 13th century, there was a census in Ukraine, and the Kingdom of Rus includes today's Ukraine as well. The 12th fact, friends: There were several capitals: Halych, Kholm, Lviv, and Volodymyr. These were the cities considered capitals during certain periods. The 13th fact, friends: From the time of the formation of the Kingdom of Rus in 1253. Why did it emerge? Danylo Romanovych took this step because Pope Innocent IV, who sent him the crown, supposedly had an agreement that through this step, once the Rus lands became Catholic, a crusade would be organized against the Mongols. However, this never happened. The 14th fact: Friends, the Kingdom of Rus, throughout its existence, had quite powerful communication with the Crusaders. Yes, these were the Templars and the Hospitallers. This is evidenced by the seals of the orders' masters that were found on the territory. And at the same time, I also published one of these Hospitaller seals. There were various relationships, for example, with the Teutons, with whom there were hostile relations, and well, the Teutons even at one time, as such a Dobrzyn order, they occupied our Dorohychyn, and there were fights with them. The 15th fact, friends, will be interesting for those who live in cities. But before that, I want to thank you once again for liking and commenting. Are you interested in seeing such stories featuring 20 interesting facts? Let me remind you that we also have material about Rus itself, which preceded the Kingdom of Rus. We have content about the Hetmanate, the Ukrainian People's Republic, and 20 interesting facts about Pavlo Skoropadskyi’s Ukrainian State. But we move on. The 15th fact, friends: Don't forget to subscribe. The 15th fact is that in the 14th century on our lands, in our Kingdom of Rus, Magdeburg law appeared, meaning city self-governance, a right that places like Muscovy or the Russian Empire never knew. The 16th fact, friends: In the Kingdom of Rus, despite the fact that a dynasty always existed, even a younger one, after the death of Yurii Troidenovych, who was poisoned, Dmytro Dyadko, who was a boyar, took the throne. Dmytro Dyadko, well, it seems his surname was Dyadko. It might be a nickname, we don't know, possibly it was some kind of title. It is very distorted on the seal and cannot be read. It is called differently in various sources. And this Dmytro Dyadko is the last stable factor in the existence of our Rus from 1340 to 1349. Well, and then very unpleasant wars with the Poles and Hungarians began for us. The 17th fact, friends: The official church of this Kingdom of Rus was the Catholic Church because they accepted the crown from the Pope of Rome. However, Orthodoxy remained, and the princes essentially did this—Danylo Romanovych primarily took this political step to achieve his goals—but the Catholic Church existed, churches existed, that structure was there. The 18th fact, friends: The Kingdom of Rus is the direct, inseparable successor. It is simply the only line from the Rus of the centuries. No other lands inherited Rus, except for the Kingdom of Rus, which we are talking about today. No Vladimir principalities, Moscow, Tver, and the like. The 19th fact, friends, is interesting in that in the Kingdom of Rus, in the context o

The title of our kings in the Latin European tradition was Rex Russiae or Rex Ruthenorum. In this context, Ruthenorum is the Latin equivalent, and Russia is the Greek one, because our state was called Russia in Greek, and there were also titles like Prince of

all "Small Rus," where the context of " small" meant the authentic, ethnic Rus, the borders of this original state.

Fact number three. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Rus was a golden lion on a blue background, which created a phenomenon according to European rules.

If you cannot depict the coat of arms, then depict its colors on the flag. Yes , friends, we have had blue and yellow colors on our flag since the 10th century. Fourth fact. The Kingdom of Rus. The Kingdom of Rus was ruled by

the senior Monomakhovychi. These were the oldest princes among our Rus dynasty and accordingly had rights to everything. But the younger Monomakhovychi ruled in the territory of the future Moscow Tsardom. Friends, thank you to everyone who watches this channel, who subscribes, who helps with

likes, who helps with comments and shares. This is all very necessary to develop our Ukrainian YouTube. Do not forget to subscribe and recommend this channel. Fifth fact, friends. In the middle of the 14th century, our Kingdom of Rus minted its own coin, which

depicted a Lion and the inscription " Moneta Russiae." This coin was called a Groshyk. Sixth fact, friends. Russians hid the existence of the Kingdom of Rus . Do you know why? Well, because the Mongols came, destroyed everything, and

somewhere there in the swamps around Moscow, the "unification of Russian lands" begins. And therefore, of course , in Russian history, the historiography lacks the concept of the Kingdom of Rus, and instead exists the "Galician-Volhynian Principality." So, friends, this is a fact they are hiding

. Seventh fact, friends. From 1302 to 1347, a second metropolia existed in the Kingdom of Rus. Apart from the Kyiv Metropolia, which at that time had some problems with metropolitans, in 1302-3, the Halych Metropolia was formed, which existed until 1347, and then merged

with the Kyiv one. And accordingly, in the titles of our metropolitans in the 14th century, for example, the title sounded like Metropolitan of Kyiv, Halych, and all of Rus. That "all of Rus" part was never present in the east

. Eighth fact, friends. I emphasized that our coin was minted, yes, the Groshyk. However, the hryvnia remained the whole unit. Yes, the hryvnia remained from the 10th century, but the only thing is that in the Kingdom of Rus, this hryvnia had a different shape

, not a bar, but a stick. Well, but the name "hryvnia" remains. Ninth. The territory of the Kingdom of Rus was vast, and it is considered to have been one of the largest European states. Yes , friends? Well, for example, besides

the Galician land, it included the Principality of Peremyshl, Zvenyhorod, Terebovlia, Volodymyr, Lutsk, Belz, Kholm, Brest, Podillia, plus the Shipentsi and Berlad lands, from which the Moldavian principality later formed in the 14th century. And at the same time, friends, the territory of the

Kingdom of Rus reached as far as today's Cherkasy and along the Dnieper. Yes. And at the same time, the Lublin area was also part of this territory.

Then we lost a bit of it. The 10th fact , friends, is quite interesting. You know that the last monarch of this, our monarch of this kingdom, died in 1340.

Do you know what happened to Yuri Boleslav Troidenovych? And that actually led to a dynastic crisis. He was the son of the last prince's daughter. And he was also the son of the Lithuanian prince Troiden. So it was a marriage where he was half a

Lithuanian dynast and half ours. And this dynast died in 1340 from poisoning . Do you know why there was poisoning?

Because throughout the entire existence of the Kingdom of Rus, ever since the annexation of Galicia to Rus, there was a very strong boyar opposition. Boyars who, well, could expel someone—for example, like when they expelled Danylo Romanovych from Halych—or push their

own agendas. Therefore, this was a very powerful boyar influence. I will tell you a bit more about that later. But the fact that our last monarch of the Kingdom of Rus was poisoned is a rather tragic event. After that, everything

started to fall apart. The 11th fact, friends. In the Kingdom of Rus, according to one chronicle record, there was a population census. Imagine that, as early as the 13th century, there was a census in Ukraine, and the Kingdom of Rus includes today's Ukraine

as well. The 12th fact, friends. There were several capitals: Halych, Kholm, Lviv, and Volodymyr. These were the cities considered capitals during certain periods. The 13th fact, friends . From the time of the formation of the Kingdom of Rus in 1253. Why did it

emerge? Danylo Romanovych took this step because Pope Innocent IV, who sent him the crown, supposedly had an agreement that through this step, once the Rus lands became Catholic, a crusade would be organized against the Mongols. However, this never happened.

The 14th fact. Friends, the Kingdom of Rus, throughout its existence, had quite powerful communication with the Crusaders. Yes, these were the Templars and the Hospitallers. This is evidenced by the seals of the orders 'masters that were found on the territory. And

at the same time, I also published one of these Hospitaller seals. There were various relationships, for example, with the Teutons, with whom there were hostile relations, and well, the Teutons even at one time, as such a Dobrzyn order, they occupied our

Dorohychyn, and there were fights with them. The 15th fact, friends, will be interesting for those who live in cities. But before that, I want to thank you once again for liking and commenting. Are you interested in seeing such stories featuring 20

interesting facts? Let me remind you that we also have material about Rus itself, which preceded the Kingdom of Rus. We have content about the Hetmanate, the Ukrainian People's Republic, and 20 interesting facts about Pavlo Skoropadskyi’s Ukrainian State. But we move on. The 15th fact,

friends. Don't forget to subscribe. The 15th fact is that in the 14th century on our lands, in our Kingdom of Rus, Magdeburg law appeared, meaning city self-governance, a right that places like Muscovy or the Russian Empire never knew. The 16th fact, friends: in

the Kingdom of Rus, despite the fact that a dynasty always existed, even a younger one, after the death of Yurii Troidenovych, who was poisoned, Dmytro Dyadko, who was a boyar, took the throne. Dmytro Dyadko, well, it seems his surname was Dyadko. It might be a

nickname, we don't know, possibly it was some kind of title. It is very distorted on the seal and cannot be read. It is called differently in various sources. And this Dmytro Dyadko is the last stable factor in the

existence of our Rus from 1340 to 1349. Well, and then very unpleasant wars with the Poles and Hungarians began for us. The 17th fact, friends. The official church of this Kingdom of Rus was the Catholic Church because they

accepted the crown from the Pope of Rome. However, Orthodoxy remained, and the princes essentially did this— Danylo Romanovych primarily took this political step to achieve his goals— but the Catholic Church existed, churches existed, that structure was there. The 18th fact, friends. The

Kingdom of Rus is the direct, inseparable successor. It is simply the only line from the Rus of the centuries . No other lands inherited Rus, except for the Kingdom of Rus, which we are talking about today. No Vladimir

principalities, Moscow, Tver, and the like. The 19th fact, friends, is interesting in that in the Kingdom of Rus, in the context of the military, our princes constantly carried out reforms; our kings adopted Western innovations quite strongly. And in

particular, of course, this includes participation in various European wars. Proof of this fact. The son of Danylo Romanovych, king of the first Rus kingdom, Roman, for example, fought for the Austrian throne. But the 19th fact is that our Rus’ Kingdom borrowed a

great deal of military technology from Europe. Specifically, for example, crossbows. A very significant part of the army, starting from Danylo Romanovych and his successors, used crossbows, which, by the way, were later banned in Europe. And the 20th fact is very interesting, one that

gives you something to think about. Yes , the coat of arms of Rus' was a lion on a blue background. We know that there were also personal coats of arms, like, for example, we see a red cross on a white field, which later became

the coat of arms of Volhynia, just reversed. But that is the Cross of Saint George, which King Yuri Lvovych obviously used. But at the same time, friends, it is interesting that centuries after the Kingdom of Rus ' ceased to exist at the end of the 14th

century, the charters of our kings that remained contain a direct instruction to trust those charters that bear a seal with a tooth. It is simply written in Latin as "dental"—tooth. And this is precisely an interesting phenomenon, friends, because obviously, a sign in

the shape of a tooth remained on the seals of our princes, princes and kings —excuse me, kings. Well, this is nothing other than, obviously, a bident or trident, which they perceived that way and called a "dens." Friends, thank

you to everyone who watched these 20 facts. Subscribe to this channel, watch other episodes in this series, and suggest what you would like to see next . I heard the request about Sloboda Ukraine. There will be, there will be

more about the nobility. Make requests, and I will film them for you. With you was Ukrainian historian Oleksandr Aforov. See you, friends.