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I just happened to be reading up on the Kievan Rus, particularly the Christianization, and I noticed a rather strange passage.

In particular, it states that Vladmir the Great sent envoys to several different faiths, to choose which to convert to. Islam was rejected because it prohibited alcohol among other things, Judaism was rejected because their god had failed to protect the lands of his chosen people, and Roman Catholicism was rejected because the envoys found their ceremonies to be "boring". But so impressed was Vladmir's envoys with the Byzantine's churches, that the Rus converted to Orthodox Christianity.

Of course, it it highly unlikely that it really happened like that. Vladmir later married the sister of the Byzantine emperor, so his conversion may have been influenced by that marriage. Also, Vladmir's conversion may have been influenced by his personally close ties with Constantinople, which dominated trade on the Black Sea.

Is there any way we can have the Rus convert to Judaism? On another random note, would this conversion in any way influence the survival of the Khazars?
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