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Christianization of Kyivan Rus’, 988

Adoption of Christianity by Kyivan Rus’ helped open a major channel for Byzantine religious and courtly visual culture north of the empire.

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988 · Transmission

Middle Byzantine Expansion and Transmission · dated event

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Dating / scope noteUsed as a transmission milestone, not a claim that Byzantine art moved north in a single event.

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Byzantine–Slavic Transmission← includes-event · source-backedByzantine–Slavic Transmissionextends-into · source-backed
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants with Busts of Male Saints
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Byzantine architecture and monumental art after iconoclasm
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Byzantine–Slavic TransmissionChristianization of Kyivan Rus’, 988 ←includes-event— Byzantine–Slavic Transmission · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-195.Byzantine–Slavic TransmissionChristianization of Kyivan Rus’, 988 —extends-into→ Byzantine–Slavic Transmission · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-342.Kyiv & Byzantine Masters NetworkChristianization of Kyivan Rus’, 988 ←follows-christianization-event— Kyiv & Byzantine Masters Network · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-694.Kyivan Rus’Christianization of Kyivan Rus’, 988 —associated-with→ Kyivan Rus’ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-157.
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Kyivan Rus’
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Middle Byzantine
chronological · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← includes-event
Byzantine–Slavic Transmission
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Post-Iconoclast Church-Decoration Programs
chronological · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Byzantine–Slavic Transmission
source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← follows-christianization-event
Kyiv & Byzantine Masters Network
source-backed · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One of a Pair of Temple Pendants with Busts of Male Saints
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museum-object-reference; check current image rights before reuse
Smarthistory
Byzantine architecture and monumental art after iconoclasm
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text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

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