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Given their warlike nature they were very skilled at keeping Russ weak.
但是由于他們具有好戰的本性，所以很擅長壓制俄國。
While the Russian city states splintered into dozens of ever shrinking appanage states.
俄羅斯的城市卻分裂成幾十個小塊的封地。
The Russian Orthodox Church developed into the focal point for what was left of the Russ identity.
俄羅斯正教會就成了俄羅斯僅存的民族特征的重要標志。
There were but 2 exceptions to this endemic Russ weakness.
俄羅斯存在地方性弱點，但是有兩個例外。
One was the republic of great Novgorod which fought bravely against the Swedes and the Teutonic Order.
其一就是諾夫哥羅德公國勇敢抵抗瑞典人和條頓騎士團。
But cooperated willingly with the Golden Horde.
但是卻愿意和金帳汗國合作。
The other was the great principate of Vladir Suzdal which evolved into the state of Muscovy which in turn evolved into Russia.
另外一個就是弗拉基米爾蘇茲達爾最后發展成為莫斯科大公國，繼而成為俄羅斯。
Segment 16B, The People known as the Russ.
16節B被稱為俄羅斯的民族。
In the 6th century AD as the Byzantine emperor Justinian fought to reconquer Italy and Africa.
公元6世紀拜占庭皇帝查士丁尼四處征戰，再次征服意大利和非洲。
A people known as the Slavs first appeared in Eastern Europe.
斯拉夫民族首次在東歐登場。
The origins of the Slavic people remains controversial.
斯拉夫人的起源還是個爭議。
In fact theres no real agreement on what the name Slav originally meant.
事實上沒有達成真正的一致——針對起初斯拉夫這個名字的含義。
But we can safely say that Slavic culture eventually divided up into 3 groups.
但是安全的說法可以是斯拉夫文化最終分成了三支。
The West Slavs eventually settled in modern day Poland and Czechoslovakia.
西部的斯拉夫人最終定居在現在的波蘭和捷克斯洛伐克。
They came under Western European cultural influence including the Roman Catholic faith and the Latin alphabet.
他們受到西歐文化的影響，包括羅馬天主教信仰拉丁字母系統。
