A ƙarshen karni na 11, musamman a lokacin mulkin Yaroslav the Wise, Kievan Rus' ya nuna tattalin arziki da nasarori a cikin gine-gine da wallafe-wallafen da suka fi dacewa da waɗanda suka wanzu a yammacin ɓangaren nahiyar. Idan aka kwatanta da harsunan Kiristancin Turai, harshen Rasha ba shi da tasirin tasirin Girkanci da Latin na rubuce-rubucen Kirista na farko. Wannan shi ne saboda an yi amfani da Slavonic na Ikilisiya kai tsaye a cikin liturgy maimakon haka.A nomadic Turkic mutane, Kipchaks (wanda aka fi sani da Cumans), ya maye gurbin Pechenegs na baya a matsayin iko a yankunan kudancin kudancin da ke makwabtaka da Rus' a ƙarshen karni na 11 kuma ya kafa jihar nomadic a cikin steppes tare da Black Sea (Deshtye-Kipchak).
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