Calling of the Varangians
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The calling of the Varangians, calling of the princes or invitation to the Varangians is a legend about the origins of the Rus' people, the Rurik dynasty and the Kievan Rus' state, recorded in many di
The calling of the Varangians illustrated in the Radziwiłł Chronicle (15th century)
The calling of the Varangians in the Laurentian Codex (1377), fol. 7r
The Invitation of the Varangians painted by Viktor Vasnetsov (c. 1913): arrival of Rurik, Sineus and Truvor
Primary Chronicle
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The Primary Chronicle, shortened from the common Russian Primary Chronicle, is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been originally compiled in the Kiev area in th
The Historian Nestor by Leo Mol
The baptism of Prince Vladimir I in Korsun in 988 (from the Radziwiłł Chronicle)
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