 | Felipe Fernández-Armesto - 2006 - Broj stranica: 492
...according to the Russian Primary Chronicle, the natives 'went overseas to the Varangian Russes' and said, 'Our land is great and rich but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us.' If an event like this really happened, it must have been part of a longer story of penetration of the... | |
 | Richard Wortman - 2006 - Broj stranica: 516
...founding legend of the "invitation" of Viking princes in 862 by the people of Novgorod with the words "Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us." The tale achieved the status of canonical verity in Nicholas's reign. The historian Michael Pogodin,... | |
 | Dianne L. Smith - 2022 - Broj stranica: 48
...Valley begged transiting Varangians (Norsemen, or Vikings), led by Prince Rurik, to establish Kievan Rus'. "Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us." 54 In its heart of hearts, this is the scenario Moscow envisions for Central Asia: incapable of ruling... | |
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Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us. 
