The peopling of early Kyiv - beyond Vikings and the Mongolian invasion
The town of Kyiv held a key position in Medieval Eastern Europe as it acted as the gateway to the Byzantine Empire. During the 10th to 12th centuries, Kyiv flourished economically, socially, politically and culturally. With the Mongolian siege in 1240 this development came to a halt. Here, we investigated DNA from eleven individuals, nine female and two male, from different gravesites in Kyiv, dated from the 10th to the 17th century.