Did Vikings Establish Rus’? The Norman Controversy

Join our Discord: Support me on Patreon: 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