The earliest Russian state (the medieval state of Rus) maintained extensive trading contact with the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire, which was centered in present-day Turkey. What cultural traits did the Russians adopt from the Byzantines? None of these were adopted by the Russians from the Byzantines! Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Cyrillic alphabet Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Latin alphabet Roman Catholicism and the Cyrillic alphabet Roman Catholicism and the Latin alphabet

The earliest Russian state (the medieval state of Rus) maintained extensive trading contact with the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire, which was centered in present-day Turkey. What cultural traits did the Russians adopt from the Byzantines? None of these were adopted by the Russians from the Byzantines! Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Cyrillic alphabet Eastern Orthodox Christianity and the Latin alphabet Roman Catholicism and the Cyrillic alphabet Roman Catholicism and the Latin alphabet