Did Vikings Establish Rus’? The Norman Controversy
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The modern countries of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, all claim descendance from an early medieval polity known as Rus. By 950, Rus was a nation centered around the city of Kiev, ruled by a Slavonic-speaking aristocracy. What happened before 950, and the origins of the Rus state, lay shrouded in mystery.
Sources:
Archaeological Evidence for Staraya Ladoga as an Early Scandinavian Emporium of the Global North - Natalja V. Grigorjeva
A History of Russia(Seventh Edition) - Riasanovsky, Steinberg
Genetic study of the Rurik Dynasty - Vladimir G. Volkov, Andrey N. Seslavin
In Austrvegr - Marika Mägi
On the origin of the name Rurik - A.V. Oleinichenko
Міждисциплінарні гуманітарні студії Серія: Історичні науки. 2017. Вип. 3
New Data on the Ryurik Gorodishche near Novgorod - E.N Nosov
Population Genomics of the Viking World - Margaryan et. al
Rusernas rike - Mats
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