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1.33 - 1.35 - Imaginary Khazars
After dominating the Pontic Steppe, Volga, Don and Dnieper for three centuries, the Khazar Khaganate collapsed with remarkable rapidity. It...
1.29 - Olga of Kyiv
In this episode, we take up the story of Igor’s widow, Olga. Previously granted only a passing mention in the chronicles on the occas...
1.28 - Oleg the Seer and Igor Rurikovich
On his deathbed, Rurik appoints his relative, Oleg, to rule. Or does he? He successfully expands Rus rule south onto the Dnieper, makes Kyi...
1.27 - Rurik, and what was the Tale of Bygone Years, anyway?
Welcome back for 2023. This episode kicks off our chronological look at the rulers of Rus, starting with Rurik. By tradition, Rurik is the ...
Member Episode 5 - Varangians
The traders and adventurers who settled down and became the Rus were not the only Scandinavians in Rus. From the 10th century, new waves ar...
Episode 1.24 - 1.26 Enter the Rus
This mini-series in Episodes 1.24, 1.25, and 1.26 provides an overview of Rus origins. In Episode 1.24, we look at where Scandinavi...
Episode 1.23 - Before the Rus Part III - Scandinavians in the Northern Forest
The final part of our before the Rus mini-series looks at the first Scandinavian movements into the East. The first traces of a S...
Episode 1.22 - Normanists and Anti-Normanists
Before getting into the story of the Rus, we have to address possibly the biggest controversy in Russian and Ukrainian history - who were t...