Thus, the first
East Slavic
state,
Kievan Rus',
emerged in the
9th century
along the
Dnieper River
valley. A
coordinated
group of
princely states
with a common
interest in
maintaining
trade along the
river routes,
Kievan Rus'
controlled
the trade route
for furs, wax,
and slaves
between
Scandinavia and
the Byzantine
Empire along the
Volkhov and
Dnieper Rivers.
The name
"Russia,"
together with
the
Finnish
Ruotsi and
Estonian
Rootsi, are
found by some
scholars to be
related to
Roslagen.
The meaning of
Rus is
debated, and
other schools of
thought connect
the name with
Slavic or
Iranic
roots. (See
Etymology of Rus
and derivatives).
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