The Origins of Rus’: Vikings, Slavs, and a Contested Legacy

This is my first video about Eastern European history. Hope you'll enjoy it :)
Here is the list of literature/sources I used while preparing this video (for months!):

1. Daniilevskii, Igor’ Nikolaevich. Drevniaia Rus’ glazami sovremennikov i potomkov (IX–XII vv.) (Ancient Rus’ through the Eyes of Contemporaries and Descendants, 9th–12th Centuries). Moscow, 1998.
2. Dzhakson, Tat’iana Nikolaevna. Drevnerusskie goroda v drevneskandinavskoi pis’mennosti (Old Rus’ Cities in Old Norse Literature). Moscow, 1987.
3. Grushevskii, Mikhail. Istoriia Ukrainy-Rusi, vol. 1 (History of Ukraine-Rus’). Lviv, 1898.
4. Gorskii, A. A. Rus’: Ot slavianskogo rasseleniia do Moskovskogo tsarstva (Rus’: From Slavic Settlement to the Muscovite Tsardom). Moscow,
5. Klein, Lev Samuilovich. Spor o variagakh (The Dispute about the Varangians). St. Petersburg, 2009.
6. Kliuchevskii, Vasilii O. Kurs lektsii po russkoi istorii (Lecture Course on Russian History). Moscow, 1993.
7. Likhachev, Dmitrii Sergeevich. Russkie letopisi i ikh kul’turnoe znachenie (Russian Chronicles and Their Cultural Significance). Leningrad, 1973.
8. Plokhy, Serhii. The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Cambridge, 2006.
9. Pritsak, Omeljan. Proiskhozhdenie Rusi (The Origin of Rus’). Moscow, 1981.
10. Shakhmatov, Aleksei Alekseevich. Drevneishie letopisnye svody i letopis’ Nestora (The Oldest Chronicle Compilations and the Chronicle of Nestor). Petrograd, 1916.
11. Tolochko, Aleksei. Ocherki nachal’noi Rusi (Essays on Early Rus’). Moscow, 2015.
12. Tolochko, Petro. Kyivska Rus’ (Kyivan Rus’). Kyiv, 1996.
13. Uspenskii, Fedor Borisovich. Skandinavï. Variagi. Rus’ (Scandinavians. Varangians. Rus’). Moscow, 2002.
14. https://arzamas.academy/materials/716.

Music from the video:

1. honey jam by massobeats, source: https://freetouse.com/music;
2. ønetent “Epic Slavic Era” (from Pixabay);
3. Kevin MacLeod "Ancient Winds";
4. Simon Folwar "Scandinavia";
5. "The Crown of Timber Kings";
6. Simon Folwar "The Bard's Tale";
7. HarumachiMusic "Ancient Stories Mystical Harp Solo" (Pixabay);
8. Jonny Easton "Banquet of Squires";
9. Kevin MacLeod "Ancient Rite";
10. Kevin MacLeod "Midnight Tale";
11. OB-LIX "Spaekona--Viking Background Music";
12. Ben McElroy "Dead of Night";
13. Jonny Easton "Noble Guild";
14. Danijel Zambo "Building".

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