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People
The rulers, founders, travellers and chroniclers behind the shapes on the map, and what the sources really say about them.
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People
Olga of Kiev: Revenge, Regency and Sainthood
Olga of Kiev buried envoys alive and burned a city with birds, then became a saint. Here is what really happened and what the sources say.
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People
Vladimir the Great: The Warlord Who Baptised Kievan Rus'
Vladimir the Great seized Kiev with Viking help, then baptised Kievan Rus' in 988. Here is what the sources really say about his life and legacy.
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Empires & Dynasties
Who Was Rurik? The Viking Founder of the Rurikid Dynasty
Was Rurik real? See what the chronicles and archaeology say about the Viking founder of the Rurikid dynasty, which ruled Rus' and Russia until 1598.
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Sources & Evidence
Ibn Fadlan: The Baghdad Envoy Who Met the Vikings on the Volga
Who was Ibn Fadlan? Follow the Abbasid envoy from Baghdad to the Volga in 921–922 and read what he really wrote about the Rus' and their ship funeral.