Kniaz (, ) continued as a hereditary title of Russian nobility patrilineally descended from Rurik ( e. g., Belozersky, Belosselsky-Belozersky, Repnin, Gorchakov ) or Gediminas ( e. g., Galitzine, Troubetzkoy ).

Igor Svyatoslavich the Brave (, ) ( Novhorod-Siverskyi, April 3 / 10, 1151 – the spring of 1201 / December 29, 1202 ) was a Rus ’ prince ( a member of the Rurik dynasty ).

* Rurik ( Old Norse: Hrörek ), Swedish founder of the Rurikid Dynasty in the lands of East Slavs

Some scholars speculate that the name of Sviatoslav, composed of the Slavic roots for " holy " and " glory ", was an artificial derivation combining those of his predecessors Oleg and Rurik ( they mean " holy " and " glorious " in Old Norse, respectively ).

Rurik ( Rørik in Old East Norse ), a semi-legendary Scandinavian Varangian, was the founder of Rurik Dynasty, which ruled Kievan Rus ', Rus ' principalities and early Russian Tsardom for the next 700 years.

Depictions of a flying falcon with a cross above its head have been found in Old Ladoga, the first seat of Kievan Rurik dynasty, of Scandinavian lineage.

Furthermore, scholars pointed out that, if Oleg succeeded Rurik in 879 ( as the East Slavic chronicles assert ), he could hardly have been active almost 70 years later, if his was not a case of longevity otherwise unheard of in medieval annals.

The Primary Chronicle relates that Askold and Dir were sanctioned by Rurik to go to Constantinople ( Norse Miklagård, Slavic Tsargrad ).

The legendary expeditions by Rurik ( Rørik ) and Askold ( Haskuld ) established settlements that resulted in the first Russian states ; Novgorod and Kievan Rus ', a predecessor state of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.

According to the earliest Russian chronicle, a Varangian named Rurik was elected ruler ( knyaz ) of Novgorod in about 860, before his successors moved south and extended their authority to Kiev, which had been previously dominated by the Khazars.

According to the Primary Chronicle, a Varangian from Rus ' people, named Rurik, was elected ruler of Novgorod in 862.

Rurik also expanded to the east and in 859 became ruler either by conquest or invitation by local people of the city of Novgorod ( which means " new city ") on the Volkhov River.

* Rurik, ruler of Novgorod

His wealthy and land-owning family, the noble family of Mussorgsky, is reputedly descended from the first Ruthenian ruler, Rurik, through the sovereign princes of Smolensk.

According to the Primary Chronicle, Oleg was a relative ( likely brother-in-law ) of the first ruler, Rurik, and was entrusted by Rurik to take care of both his kingdom and his young son Ingvar, or Igor.

Although the Romanovs mounted Russia's throne in 1613 due to kinship-by-marriage to a tsar ( Ivan the Terrible ) descended from the 9th century founding ruler Rurik, when in 1880 Tsar Alexander II wed Catherine Dolgorukov, a Rurikid princess, the marriage and its progeny were deemed morganatic.

The death of Ivan's sons marked the end of the ancient Rurik Dynasty in 1598, and in combination with the famine of 1601 – 03 led to the civil war, the rule of pretenders and foreign intervention during the Time of Troubles in the early 17th century.

* The coat of arms of Ukraine ( Tryzub ) – the symbol of Rurik Family.

– Chernigov, August, 1212 ) was a Rus ' prince ( a member of the Rurik dynasty ).

Saint Michael of Chernigov or Mikhail Vsevolodovich () ( – Saray, September 20, 1246 ) was a Rus ' prince ( a member of the Rurik dynasty ).

Rurik ( Ric ) Nordman ( October 18, 1919 in Cypress River, Manitoba – July 29, 1996 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.

Roman Mstislavich ( Russian and Ukrainian: Роман Мстиславич ), also Roman Mstyslavych or Roman the Great, ( c. 1152 – Zawichost, October 14, 1205 ) was a Rus ’ prince, Grand Prince of Kiev ( a member of the Rurik dynasty ).

Rurik remained in power until his death in 879.

The Russian chronicle places the death of Rurik of Novgorod at 879.

The state of Garðaríki ( " the realm of towns "), which was centered in Novgorod and included the entire areas inhabited by Ilmen Slavs, Veps and Votes, was established by the Varangian chieftain Rurik in 862 ( the traditional beginning of Russian history ).

The age of feudalism and decentralization was marked by constant in-fighting between members of the Rurik Dynasty that ruled Kievan Rus ' collectively.

As a former leader of the anti-Godunov party and cousin of the last legitimate Tsar, Filaret Romanov was valued by several impostors who attempted to claim the Rurik legacy and throne during the Time of Troubles.

Feeling how insecure his throne was, Mikhail attempted to emphasize his ties with the last Rurik tsars and sought advice from the Assembly of the Land on every important issue.

According to the Primary Chronicle Rurik was one of the Rus, a Varangian tribe likened by the chronicler to Danes, Swedes, English and Gotlanders.

It was discovered that the settlement of Ladoga, whose foundation has been ascribed to Rurik, was actually established in the mid-9th century, although doubt is now cast on this by the dendrochronological evidence that Ladoga existed by the mid-8th century.

There is another theory that Rurik, on account of common intermarriages between Varangians and Slavic women, was of mixed Slavic-Varangian descent.

This theory is based on the information of the first modern historian of Russia, Vasily Tatishchev ( a Rurikid himself ), who claimed that Rurik was of Wendish extraction.

Uppland, where Rurik allegedly was born, was during his lifetime bordered by Norrland-the entire northern half of today's Sweden -, which then was not a part of the Northern Germanic language zone.

Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty.

Even in Rus ', it was attested only among the members of the house of Rurik, as were the names of Sviatoslav's immediate successors: Vladimir, Yaroslav, Mstislav ).

Eschscholzia californica was the first named member of the genus Eschscholzia, which was named by the German botanist Adelbert von Chamisso after the Baltic German botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, his friend and colleague on Otto von Kotzebue ’ s scientific expedition to California and the greater Pacific in mid-1810s aboard the Russian ship Rurik.

Walcheren was the seat of the Danish Viking Harald, who conquered the present Netherlands together with his compatriot Rorik ( or Rurik ) in the ninth century.

In Kievan Rus ', these came from the Varangian nobles ( Rurik Dynasty ), while in Bohemia ( Přemyslids ) and Poland ( Piast Dynasty ) they were of local origin.

Among Zuckerman's beliefs and those of others who have analyzed these sources are that the Khazars did not lose Kiev until the early 10th century ( rather than 882, the traditional date ), that Igor was not Rurik's son but rather a more distant descendant, and that Oleg did not immediately follow Rurik, but rather that there is a lost generation between the legendary Varangian lord and his documented successors.

According to the Hypatian Codex, the legendary Varangian leader Rurik arrived at Ladoga in 862 and made it his capital.

Igor ( son of the Varangian chief Rurik ) conquered Kiev.

Sineus and Truvor, according to the 12th-century Primary Chronicle, were the brothers of Rurik of the Varangian Rus tribe.

Born Prince Vasily Ivanovich Shuisky, he was descended from sovereign princes of Nizhny Novgorod and a 20th generation male line descendant of the Varangian prince Rurik.

Among the beliefs of Zuckerman and others who have analyzed these sources are that the Khazars did not lose Kiev until the early 10th century ( rather than 882, the traditional date ), that Igor was not Rurik's son but rather a more distant descendant, and that Oleg did not immediately follow Rurik, but rather that there is a lost generation between the legendary Varangian lord and his documented successors.

He was a descendant of Rurik, a Varangian pagan chieftain.