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Igor of Kiev and the early years of Kievan Rus
Said to be the link between the foundational Varangian rulers of Kievan Rus and their more illustrious ancestors, Igor of Kiev played a crucial role in the consolidation of power in the early medieval state.1 year ago — History -
Staraya Ladoga: The first capital of Rus and its Viking roots
Long before the Mongol yoke arrived, before Peter the Great commissioned Russia's "window to the west" on the bones of countless peasants, or the recent oligarchs gutted much of the former Soviet state, there was Staraya Ladoga.1 year ago — History -
Book review: Vikings in the East – From Vladimir the Great to Vladimir Putin by Martyn Whittock
In his new book, Whittock cleverly traces the roots of today's bloody war in Ukraine back to the early medieval Viking expansions in Eastern Europe.1 year ago — Reviews
