862 – 1240 · From the Varangians to the Greeks
In the year 6370 from the Creation of the World
the Chud, the Slovenes, the Krivichi and the Ves said to the Varangians: “Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it.”
“Come to rule and reign over us.”
Rurik lands at Novgorod.
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