Person
Rurik
Varangian leader who, according to the Primary Chronicle, was invited to rule by the Slavic and Finnic tribes of the north in 862 and ruled from Ladoga or Novgorod; the later Rurikid dynasty traced its descent from him. His dates are those of the chronicle.
- Dates
- … – 879
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Eastern Europe
- In the threads
- Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.)
Events
- Calling of the Varangians862 · Eastern Europe