Vikings in the East

[arcticwolf]

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

arcticwolf - this is a historian's accepted views.

Ok, Rus comes from Vikings, not the native Slavic tribe of Ruthenians, absolutely! LOL

What scientists, Germanics? LOL

Gimme a break!

[Anglojew]

I personally think (North) Russia as Swedish + Uralic as it is Slav.

[Loki]

Ok, Rus comes from Vikings, not the native Slavic tribe of Ruthenians, absolutely! LOL

What scientists, Germanics? LOL

Gimme a break!

You are so biased and irrational.

[McCauley]

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

Uh it's historical fact bro.

[Smaug]

LOL

Cool story bro! LOL

Germanics, their wet dreams are so annoying!

You are losing space mate! First the Scots, now the Scandos! They are taking your jobs you lazy Slavs! Do something!!!!!

[sevruk]

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.

Western scientists very badly know history of Eastern Europe.
However they are also not know history of their countries.

[sevruk]

If Rus were Vikings, why nothing about them written in the Scandinavian sagas, but only in Slavic chronicles

[Loki]

Western scientists very badly know history of Eastern Europe.
However they are also not know history of their countries.

I knew you were going to say that.

[Loki]

The Viking movement east was dominated by the Swedes. Two terms are used to describe the Swedish Vikings in the east: Rus and Vaeringjar, or Varangian. Rus is probably derived from Ruotsi, the Finnish name for the Swedes, which itself probably derives from the Scandinavian rodr, meaning a crew of oarsmen. Rus is only ever used to describe Scandinavians living in Russia (which gets its name from the Rus), never from the homelands. Varangian is derived from Old Norse varar, pledge or oath, and means "men of the pledge".

[sevruk]

I knew you were going to say that.

Unfortunately it is. Most of them do not even read Primary Chronicle in original, not conduct archaeological excavations, etc.