Boris and Gleb

The humble beginnings of the Rus’ lands were represented by a series of regional communities held together by the commerce of trade and a generally lackadaisical sense of order. However, over time the political structure of Rus’ arrived with the unifying nature of Christianity, brought upon by Vladimir the Great. It is clear, due to both the coincidence of the Church’s increased presence with a new Russian identity and the terminology used in various records, that Rus’ was indeed a unified political

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Владимир Ильич Ленин | | Lenin in 1920 | Chairman of the Council of People 's Commissars of the Soviet Union (Premier of the Soviet Union) | In office 30 December 1922 – 21 January 1924 | Preceded by | Position created | Succeeded by | Alexei Rykov | Chairman of the Council of People 's Commissars of the Russian SFSR | In office 8 November 1917 – 21 January 1924 | Preceded by | Position created | Succeeded by | Alexei Rykov | Member of the Politburo