The Rus Khaganate: Eastern Vikings and their Turkic Brothers(830-950)

Join our Discord:   / discord   Support me on Patreon:   / balticempire   Around the year 950, there emerged one of the most powerful countries in eastern Europe: Rus, known in Latin as Ruthenia. However, the origins of this eastern powerhouse are uncertain. Though the Rus were literate, they did not start recording their own history until the 11th century. But it was between 930 and 950 that they became relevant enough for their superpower neighbors, the Abbasid Caliphate and Byzantine Empire, to describe them in better detail. Before then, no one can be certain as to what Rus really meant. What is certain, however, is that somewhere in Eastern Europe, there existed a powerful King, called "Rus Khagan", who loosely commanded a warlike aristocracy of violent, riverbound merchants. Sources: Ibn Fadlan and the land of darkness - Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone Svear i Österviking - Holger Arbman The Early Slavs - Pavel Markovich Dolukhanov The Primary Chronicle - Anonymous The Rus in Arabic Sources - Thorir Jonsson Hraundal The Varangians - Sverrir Jakobsson Viking Rus - Wladyslaw Duzcko Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 4:32 The Khagan 8:00 Seat of the Khagan 13:36 The Khanate Abroad 17:51 The Turkic Connection 22:27 Conclusion Music credits: Solstheim OST by Jeremy Soule Arabian Sigma - The Perfect Girl - Mareux (The Arabic Version/Rendition) - YAD Oud #vikings #history #russia #ukraine