From the very beginning of its history, Russia maintained close political ties with the countries and peoples of the Caucasus. According to the author, initially these relations were carried out within the framework of an alliance with the Khazar Khaganate, but with the defeat and fall of the latter in 969, Russia pursued an independent foreign policy in the Caucasus. The allies of Russia during this period were, as a rule, Derbent, the Alans and Sarir. Keywords: Ancient Rus, Caucasus, Russian-Caucasian relations, Khazar Khaganate, Shirvan, Derbent, Arran, Alans, Asy (Yases), Kasogh, Lezghi, Barda'a (Berda'a), Sarir, Kaitag (Haidak). CAUCASIAN CONTRACTORS OF KIEVAN RUS' DURING THE NINTH-TENTH CENTURIES Rus' already in the early period of her history supports very close political ties with the countries and peoples of the Caucasus. According to the author, these bonds initially implemented through an alliance with the Khazarian Khaganate, but after the latter s defeat and fall (in 969), Rus' conducts an independent policy in Caucasus. Allies of Rus' in this period were Derbent, Alans and Sarin Keywords: Ancient Rus', Caucasus, Russian-Caucasian relations, Khazarian Khaganate, Shirvan, Derbent, Arran, Allans, Ases (Yases), Kasogs, Lezgies, Barda'a (Berda'a), Sarir, Kaytag (Khaydak). The topic of the foreign policy of Ancient Russia was first raised in the well-known monograph by V. T. Pashuto [Pashuto, 1968]. Subsequently, some details of this problem were raised by other researchers. From the very beginning of its history, the ancient Russian state maintained quite lively trade relations with the Caucasus. African dirhams arrived in Russia precisely through the Caucasus region (Fasmer, 1933, p. 477; Bykov, 1974, p. 57; Kropotkin, 1979, p. 113; Fomin, 1982, p. 12-13; Kalinina, 1986, p. 79; Melnikova, Nikitin, Fomin, 1984, p. 39-40; Konovalova, 2008,p. 40). p. 97-98 et al.]. Apparently, brass objects or ingots came to Russia from the Caucasus (or via the Caucasus from ... Read more