Rurik and his brothers Truvor and Sineus arrive at Ladoga, painting by Viktor Vasnetsov
Reign
862–864
Dynasty
Rurik
Sineus and Truvor (Russian: Синеус и Трувор)[a] were the brothers of Rurik, a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who is traditionally considered to be the founder of the Rurik dynasty. According to the Primary Chronicle, the brothers were invited by East Slavic and Finnic tribes to reign in northern Russia in 862.[2] Sineus established himself at Beloozero and Truvor at Izborsk.[2] After they died, Rurik consolidated their territories into his own.[3]
^Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopiseĭ (in Russian). Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR. 1851. p. 88.
^ abPeterson, Gary Dean (21 June 2016). Vikings and Goths: A History of Ancient and Medieval Sweden. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-4766-2434-1.
^The Oxford illustrated history of the Vikings. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1997. pp. 138–139. ISBN 9780192854346.
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