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Rurik

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Rurik , d. 879, semilegendary Varangian warrior, regarded as the founder of the princely dynasty of Kievan Rus . Rurik and his two brothers, at the head of an armed band, apparently seized Novgorod and nearby districts (c.862). According to unreliable early accounts, they had been invited by the local Slavs. Rurik's successors founded the powerful Kievan state, which lasted until the 13th cent. The house of Rurik also came to rule the grand duchy of Moscow, and later all Russia, until the death of Feodor I in 1598. ... Read more
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Encyclopedia of World Biography Rurik The legendary Norman warrior Rurik (died ca. 873) was the founder of the first Russian state and of...1598. According to the first Russian annals, the Primary Chronicle, Rurik was a Scandinavian "from the tribe of the Rus" whom the people of... Read more
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Rurik a member of a dynasty that ruled Muscovy and much of Russia from the 9th century until the death of Fyodor, son of Ivan the Terrible, in 1598. It was reputedly founded by a Varangian chief who settled in Novgorod in 862. Read more

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