Varangian chieftain
830 CE to 879 CE
Rurik or Riurik (meaning "famous ruler"; ca 830 – ca 879) is a Varangian chieftain who gains control of Ladoga in 862, builds the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and founds the Rurik Dynasty, which rules Russia until the 17th century.
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