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Askater | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 russia comes from moscovian kingdom, not from Kyivan Rus. So no, it did not exist in 8th century
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Matt | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 England didn't exist in the way that it does now and it's original capital was Winchester in the Kingdom of Wessex. Is that period not the foundation of England, because things evolved?