#hws Kievan-rus

[doueverwonder]

gonna start making memes until people ask me about my oc x oc ships 👉👈

[roran01]

Anyways have some concept art of ancients in the new style

Personally I like how Rome come out

[vahvah]

Bros, the ideas that circulate in canon and fanon around eastslavic siblings really seem strange to me.

It is strange to expect a japanese man to be well versed in the intricacies of eastern european history of the early and high Middle Ages, but to expect this from an english-speaking fandom (mostly northamerican, let's face it) is also, it seems to me, pointless.

Let me explain. "Kievan Rus" is an artificial construct adopted from russian imperial/soviet historians. Moreover, it’s not just a matter of the name, as, you know, the late Rhomean Republic is called the “Byzantine Empire”, it’s just that there was LITERALLY no such state as “Kievan Rus”. In the space approximately from the Baltic and White to the Black Seas, there were numerous proto-urban and urban settlements of slavic, finno-ugric and baltic (as well as other) tribes, which entered into alliances with each other, sometimes quite strong, but still remained isolated. Of course, it would be disingenuous to say that since the beginning of time the urban educated population did not develop some kind of common identity… for some time.

But if we talk about actually existing cultural regions, determined by geography and economics, then, in fact, it is worth highlighting Northern (Novgorod) Rus' and Southern (Kievan Rus' itself), in a very simplified scheme. One of them was tied to the countries around the Baltic Sea, like the scandinavians, the baltic tribes and northgerman cities, as well as the slavs of modern East Germany. The other constantly encountered nomads, “Byzantine Empire" and, to a lesser extent, the western and southern Slavs (and magyars!). They were never able to truly become a unified state.

Of course, this is a simplification, because in addition to the Rurikids in the North, who subjugated the South and over time moved there (while the south over time began to separate itself, in particular, into the Novgorod Republic), there was a separate center in Polotsk and some others, but it approximately reflects the essence and, if I were asked about personifications, then I would make two separate MAIN personifications for Rus', Novgorod in the North (male) and Kiev in the South (female), which would be the parents of the future Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

But if you asked me in even more detail, then Belarus should stand a little aside. You know, in fact, historically it is more archaic and “stagnant” than Ukraine in the south and Russia in the northeast. Did you know that lithuanians called belarusians an ethnonym derived from the name goths lol? Plus, genetically and partly culturally, belarusians, like some poles, are closer to the baltic peoples, and not to the rest of the slavs. Taking into account the independent center of statehood in Polotsk, independent of the Rurikids, I would say that Belarus DEFINITELY must be older than Russia (which in the strict sense could only have been born as the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality/North-Eastern Rus' with more ancient names, let’s not clutter the text ) and POSSIBLY older than Ukraine. Perhaps she is an adopted child.

Of course, in reality we have many problems in studying the region for objective reasons, such as a lack of written sources, but… I still love Eastern Europe, these are my roots, after all. And it's really interesting.

[turtleramen]

oh yeah that byzantine design i did for the baby slavics, i ended up kinda liking her,

the second pics caption -> did they invent kindergartens yet

[peonycats]

do you have any specific headcanons for russia?

Not many but-

I headcanon he started up as Moscow, basically a small nothing fort compared to the big cities of the day, Kiev and Novgorod.

He's a very artsy person- he's dabbled in ballet, writing, ice-skating, embroidery. While not a master, he's pretty skilled at them!

He also cooks a lot, and generally associates food with comfort and affection.

He's essentially a cryptid and you'll see him just wandering around in the weirdest places in the weirdest get up

I despise the whole Belarus yandere brocon gag so here's my interpretation of their relationship: it's complicated- Belarus and Russia are close to one another, but in comparison to the other former Soviet states, Belarus has always had struggles with forming and developing her own unique identity. As a result, she's closely followed in Russia's steps, partly out of her own volition, partly because that just be geopolitics sometimes. Her uh... recent attempts at trying to further develop her own identity are not exactly reassuring to Russia 👁👄👁 who in some part has gotten used to her always being by his side

[autistichwsamerica]

HWS Belarus: Is Russia alright? He's been lying face down on the floor for nearly two hours.

HWS Ukraine: He's just a little overwhelmed.

HWS Belarus: Why?

HWS Ukraine: Vietnam smiled at him.

[wiltingofthewhitelily]

{Ancientalia Week 2021} Day 6: Bundle Up + Snow Day - Kievan Rus’ & His Kids

Submission for Day 6 of Ancientalia Week, hosted by @welovefrukmerunning!

Read on AO3

Rating: General Audiences

Categories: Gen

No Archive Warnings Apply

Summary: Kievan Rus' and his children have some fun playing outside in the snow.

[rae-does-stuff]

Day 2 - Fluff || Humor / Family being idiots

Hello again! So here's Day 2 for @hetafamilyweek !

Prompt: Fluff or Humor/Family being Idiots

Family: The Nyo!Kievan Rus siblings

AU: Human

Human Names:

Nyo!Ukraine: Dmitri "Dima"Chernenko

Nyo!Russia: Anya "Annushka" Braginskaya

Nyo!Belarus: Nikolai "Kolya" Arlovsky

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Anya couldn't help but smile as her little brother opened the door of his apartment. And for a few good reasons.

The reasons being:

It was her little brother's first home away from Anya and their big brother Dmitri. And although Nikolai would never say it out loud, he was proud of himself.

The second reason was that this was the first time the three siblings saw each other in a long time. They had a lot to catch up on.

Anya gave her little brother the biggest hug she could muster. He froze for a minute before returning it.

When she let go Nikolai told her, "Big brother is in the kitchen making popcorn."

Anya thanked him, "Thank you for having us Kolya."

When she let go Nikolai told her, "Big brother is in the kitchen making popcorn."

Anya practically ran into the apartment.

When she (finally) found the kitchen after some trial and error, she gave her big brother, Dmitri, a hug.

Dmitri, of course, gave her the biggest bear hug in return, "Annushka!"

She grinned, "Dima!"

Nikolai trailed behind Anya, "I see you found Dima."

Dima, Annushka and Kolya. Nicknames they had given each other when they were just little kids.

Dmitri gave a warm smile as he gazed down at Anya and Nikolai (he was the tallest after all), "We're back together again."

Anya and Dmitri started to tear up a little. They were an emotional duo.

Nikolai, however, was not.

"Please don't cry in my kitchen." Although he may have seemed cold, his siblings heard a hint of fondness in his voice.

Anya smiled, again, "We have popcorn to eat, da?"

Dmitri added, "And a movie to watch!"

Nikolai nodded, "And I should give a tour of the place."

After the tour of the apartment, the siblings got some popcorn and plopped down onto the couch to start the movie.

And everything felt, right.

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That was short. Sorry. I hope you guys liked it!

- Rae

[thatsamericano]

Belarus: WHERE IS THIS WATER COMING FROM?!

Russia: Natalya... you’re crying.

[ask-miraculous-hetalia]

Chechen Wars

Tigress was there when it all started. The first acts of independence. She'd been holding the Chechen flag with the crowd of people when the Russian troops were sent in. She happened to notice another miraculous holder in the Russian crowd. Is that the snow leopard? Are they here to stop the revolution?

"Tigress, this needs to stop," Snow Leopard whispered into her ear. "No," Tigress said, glaring at Snow Leopard. "My people deserve to be free." "Won't be my fault if we need to find a new tiger holder," Snow Leopard said.

There she lay. Aiza Dudyin. Close to her right hand is the miraculous of the tiger. Red eyes of Rurik look down at her. It took a moment for him to speak. When he did, he said, "I warned you to stop." Then he picked up the miraculous. Roarr appeared out of the miraculous, looking between Rurik and Aiza laying on the ground. Realization soon dawned on the kwami. Bubbles came out of their mouth when they tried to say her name. "You're getting a new owner," Rurik said to Roarr.

Aino Korhonen. Pink haired and green-eyed Finnish male. He put on the panjas bracelet and out came Roarr. Both look at each other for a moment before Aino spoke up, saying, "I'm Aino." "Roarr," the kwami said. "I'm the kwami of the tiger."

[wiltingofthewhitelily]

awwwww 🥺🤧 i wanna save them-

The siblings as tiny ones and huddling together. Never decided what they are being intimidated by but I like this pose idea.

[doueverwonder]

when Zarja and Eurus got married they had one of those dumb debate things on certain topics bc they weren't friends yet and it was like "hey, i don't want to be here, you don't want to be here, let's try and make it seem like a normal marriage tho" so you'd just hear like, from their room, or while they were walking down the street;

Byz: How many kids?

Kievan: two

Byz: five

Kievan: Are you going to birth five children? Three.

Byz: Done; with the condition that out of the three one has to be a boy, if we get to three and it's all girls, four.

Kievan: you know i can't control that, but fine, if all three are girls, four.

and it's all just so extremely nonchalant it's almost funny.

[doueverwonder]

the struggle when you’re trying to be semi historically accurate but also I was Zarja (Kievan-Rus) to call Eurus (E. Rome) “Byz” when she’s mad at him.

[doueverwonder]

Kievan-Rus: Eurus and I got married!!!

Scandia: Don't share your personal problems with everyone.

[doueverwonder]

back when Björn was crushing on Heracles Katya was his wingwoman send tweet

[doueverwonder]

Belarus: I'm going to get myself some soup

Ukraine: Be careful not to burn yourself, it's hot.

Belarus: I won't burn myself.

~30 seconds later~

Belarus, entering the room: I burned myself.