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The word Rus' is a Finno-Ugric "Ruotsi" word adapted in the Slavic environment as a self-designation at the beginning of the IX century. Varangians - a later name for Scandinavian mercenaries of the 12th century. The genetics of the Ladoga Varangians are well known - almost all of them are Swedes. It is unknown who the first Rus' were. Most likely, a mixture of representatives of different peoples: Slavs, Scandinavians and local Finno-Ugrians. The ancient Persian chronicler of the beginning of the IX century, Ibn Khordadbeh, directly called the Russ Slavic-speaking. Moreover, the very name Rus is Slavianized. It is unlikely that the Scandinavian invaders would have called themselves and their ruler by the name of the conquered Slavic peoples. According to other Arabic and Persian sources, the Russian khaganate was most likely located at the sources of the Volga. However, the Dnieper rapids "in Russian", which were listed by Konstantin Porphyrogenitus, are named in Scandinavian. Therefore, apparently, at different times and in different places, representatives of different peoples entered the military caste - Rus'.
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