Fact Checking for Russian History Magazine

Pretend you are an editor for Russian History magazine. A news reporter needs help fact checking an article about the impact of the Byzantine Empire on Russia from 400 to 1450 A.D. (C.E.). Your job is to read each of the statements below and rewrite the sentences so they are historically accurate. Take note that all questionable facts are in bold.

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1. Viking armies from central Asia invaded Russia and created an empire.
2. St. Cyril developed the Latin alphabet so that the Slavs could read the Bible.
3. Because of its strategic position, the city of Kiev became the new capital of Russia.
4. Vladimir led the Mongols to invade, brutalize, and conquer Russia.
5. The Russians were unified religiously under the Roman Catholic Church.
6. The Russian Empire was officially known as the Golden Horde.
7. During his rule, Ivan the Great (Ivan III) called himself khan, the Russian word for Caesar.
8. The Baltic Sea fostered significant trade between Russia and the Byzantine Empire.
9. Mongols from Scandinavia migrated into Russia around the ninth and tenth centuries.
10. Russia's Peter the Great is credited with centralizing power and vowing to make Russia the "Third Rome."

 

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