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[claudiustg]

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[justshutupandtakeit]

You probably aware that the name "Russia" comes from the Rus who invaded during the first milennia. They were Vikings.

[VadeRetro]

How does one pronounce "Pskov?"

Very carefully.

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(It's a one-syllable word when you do it right.)

[Viking2002]

Damn - we got around, didn't we? }:-p

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[Fedora]

Makes me wonder how far east into Russia the Vikings went.

[Just mythoughts]

Have you hear of this?

http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/webcourse/lost/Vikingsmidwest.htm

[ahumblefan]

I believe just about all the major cities in Western Russia were founded by the Vikings. In addition many so-called Russian names, like Ivan, are actually old Viking names.

Yes, the Vikings were a great people, but the West is far better off that King Alfred the Great fought them off in old Saxony. We can trace the defense of Christian Western Civilization from pagan barbarians all the way back to him.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 2004. Thought it would make a nice bump, as it's from the old-fashioned bump era. :')

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[DesScorp]

It's going to be interesting to see what the Russians say about this. Western historians say that Russia was founded by Vikings that settled in East Europe and took leadership of the Slavs they found there (and interbred with them). Soviet historians always said Nope, Slavs developed on their own, with no help from any vikings, thank you. What are they going to say? That these people were just passing through?