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Kievan Rus′, a Varangian (Viking) named Rurik first established himself ... In the centuries that followed the state's foundation, Rurik ...

maintained by certain branches of the Rurik Dynasty as family possessions ... Thus, Daniil was the only member of the Rurik dynasty to have been crowned ...

of the last Russian Tsar Feodor Ivanovich of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613. Godunov's life ...

cautious, like many of the princes of the house of Rurik. Some sources assign this to timidity, others to cold-heartedness and wisdom. Either way, he ...

only among the members of the house of Rurik, as were the names of Sviatoslav ... those of his predecessors Oleg and Rurik (they mean "holy" ...

ISBN 9780631208143). A predecessor to the Rurik Dynasty and Kievan Rus' ... describes unrest in Novgorod before Rurik was invited to come rule ...

[[Image:Choris, Saint Paul.jpg|thumb|275px|The russian "Rurik" sets anchor near [[Saint Paul Island, Alaska|Saint Paul Island]] in ...

origin, 168 families belonged to the House of Rurik and 42 were of unspecified "Russian" origin. In the religious sphere, St. Paphnutius of ...

descended from the first Russian ruler, Rurik, through the sovereign princes of Smolensk. At the age of six, Modest began receiving piano lessons ...

The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced [rʌˈmanəf] ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country ...

|established_event1 = Rurik Dynasty |established_date1 = 862 ... of Kievan Rus', a Varangian named Rurik was elected ruler of Novgorod ...

gave the Rus' its first powerful dynasty, the Rurik Dynasty. With the death of Mstislav of Kiev (1125–1132) Kievan Rus' disintegrated ...