Did Vikings Establish Rus? The Norman Controversy
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.
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Was there a Riurikid Dynasty in Early Rus? – Donald Ostrowski
https://cleasby-vigfusson-dictionary.vercel.app/word/fors
Vikings, Vikings, Vikings! “eastern” ancestry in the whole Baltic Iron Age
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
5:07 Meaning of ‘Rus’
12:03 Origin of ‘Rus’
19:56 A Nordic Dynasty?
23:44 Scandinavian colonization
29:41 Scandinavian state involvement
34:21 Conclusion
Credit to : Baltic Empire