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Varangians
The
Varangians
or
Varyags
(;
Greek
: Βάραγγοι, Βαριάγοι,
Varangoi
,
Variagoi
) was the name given by
Greeks
and
East Slavs
to
Vikings
, who between the 9th and 11th centuries ruled the
medieval
state of
Kievan Rus'
and formed the
Byzantine
Varangian Guard
. According to the 12th century
Kievan
Primary Chronicle
, a group of Varangians known as the
Rus'
settled in
Novgorod
in 862 under the leadership of
Rurik
. Before Rurik, the
Rus'
might have ruled an earlier
hypothetical polity
. Rurik's relative
Oleg
conquered
Kiev
in 882 and established the state of
Kievan Rus'
, which was later ruled by
Rurik's descendants
.
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