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To: blam
You probably aware that the name "Russia" comes from the Rus who invaded during the first milennia. They were Vikings.
4 posted on 02/29/2004 4:30:10 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
And, coincidentally, they lost the Superpower Bowl.
5 posted on 02/29/2004 4:31:42 PM PST by daler
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To: justshutupandtakeit
"You probably aware that the name "Russia" comes from the Rus who invaded during the first milennia."

I think I knew that, sure sounds familiar.

9 posted on 02/29/2004 4:51:32 PM PST by blam
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To: justshutupandtakeit
You probably aware that the name "Russia" comes from the Rus who invaded during the first milennia. They were Vikings.

At least partly by way of the Mediterrainian and up the Volga, oddly enough. Stopped off in Constantanople to extort some tribute, and ended up being converted to Orthodox Christianity. When the Byzantine Empire fell they assumed the mantle of heirs to the Roman Empire. Hence the Czar (Ceasar).

11 posted on 02/29/2004 5:32:52 PM PST by Hugin
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