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Rus Khaganate

The Rus Khaganate was a group of people who lived a long time ago in an area that is now part of Eastern Europe and Russia. They were kind of like a big family, but instead of just a regular family, they ruled over a lot of other smaller families and groups of people who lived in that area.

The Rus Khaganate was founded by a group of people who were called the Rus, and they came from different parts of the world. Some of them came from what is now modern-day Sweden, and others came from other places like the Middle East and Asia.

The people who lived in the Rus Khaganate were known for being really good at trading things like fur, honey, and fish. They even traded with people who lived really far away, like all the way in the Middle East and India!

At first, the Rus Khaganate was really strong and powerful, and they managed to conquer a lot of other nearby groups of people. But as time went on, they began to weaken and other groups started to attack them. Eventually, the Rus Khaganate was no longer around.

Today, people still study the Rus Khaganate to learn about its history and how it affected the people who lived in that area a long time ago.