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Varangians

The East Slavic and Byzantine name for the Scandinavians — warriors, traders and settlers, mostly from what is now Sweden — who from the 8th century went along the rivers of Eastern Europe; from their ranks came the Rus’ and the first princes of Kievan Rus’.

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11 events
Regions
Eastern Europe, Western and Central Europe, Balkans and Anatolia, Middle East and Egypt
In the threads
Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.)

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Varangians
  2. Wikipedia (Russian): Варяги
  3. Wikidata: Q48343