The calling of the Varangians, calling of the (Varangian) princes or invitation to the Varangians (Russian: призвание варягов, romanized: prizvaniye varyagov;...

to the Primary Chronicle, the territories of the East Slavs in the 9th century were divided between the Varangians and the Khazars. The Varangians are...

of these Varangians, the district of Novgorod became known as the land of Rus'. The present inhabitants of Novgorod are descended from the Varangian race...

scholars have objected to it. Calling of the Varangians miniature in the Radziwiłł Chronicle (15th century) Image of Rurik in the "Tsar's titularnik" (1672)...

imposed it upon the Polyanians, the Severians, and the Vyatichians'. 862: The calling of the Varangians. The various tributaries of the Varangians attempted...

the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians. In 882, Prince Oleg of Novgorod seized Kiev, uniting the northern and southern lands of the Eastern...

dynasty" (named after him in the 16th century) in 862 through the "calling of the Varangians", but he is considered to be a legendary, mythical and perhaps...

collection of chronicles that includes the oldest extant version of the Primary Chronicle and its continuations, mostly relating the events in the northeastern...

controlling the trade-routes together with the Oghur-Turkic-speaking Pechenegs and Bulgars, to name a few. Calling of the Varangians – another story in the Primary...

Riurikŭ's son was Igor'.' By contrast, the Primary Chronicle dates the calling of the Varangians to Anno Mundi 6360 (862 in the Gregorian calendar). A biblical...