Vikings in the East

[Loki]

From The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings, by John Haywood.

Swedish traders sailed far up Russia's rivers to dominate the lucrative routes to the East. Their ranks were swelled by Viking mercenaries on their way to join the Byzantine emperor's elite Varangian guard. These Scandinavians, known to their contemporaries as the Rus, gave Russia its name and its first centralized state, before adopting the language and lifestyle of their Slavic subjects and the religion and culture of the Byzantines.

From Scandinavian to Slav

Like the Vikings in the west, the Rus were absorbed by the peoples they conquered, and in a few generations they adopted Slavic names and culture.

[Visitor_22]

Varangians were eastern vikings who became slavs (russians aka ruskies).

[Loki]

"I have never seen more perfect physical specimens, tall as date palms, blond and ruddy" - the Arab merchant Ibn Fadlan meets Rus traders at Itil, 922.

[Smaug]

Væringar.

[McCauley]

Varyags!

[Visitor_22]

Arrival of Rurik (Rorik) in Ladoga.









Ladoga - one of first russian cities. Located near Baltic Sea. Inhabited by vikings way before slavs.

[Visitor_22]

I am just suruprised how damn Ros region of Sweden is close to Ladoga.

[arcticwolf]

LOL

Cool story bro! LOL

Germanics, their wet dreams are so annoying!

[arcticwolf]

Why are yu thumbing me down? LOL

There is an old Slavic legend of 3 brothers Lech, Czech and Rus, it's old as shit, nowhere in there is mentioned that Rus was a viking LOL

BTW so you Sherlocks don't embarass yourselves any more Rus comes from Ruthenia/Ukraine a Slavic tribe!!!!!!! LOL

[Loki]

LOL

Cool story bro! LOL

Germanics, their wet dreams are so annoying!

I knew these delusional pan-Slavs will appear in this thread

arcticwolf - this is a historian's accepted views.