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Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; ; ; died 879) was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his kinsman Oleg who was regent for his infant son Igor.

Kievan Rus' princely saints (11th cent.)

Siege of Constantinople

860 siege of the Rus'-Byzantine Wars

Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944

purportedly Norse rulers of Kiev

Battle of Arcadiopolis

battle fought in 970 between a Byzantine army under Bardas Skleros and a Rus' army,

Council of Liubech

1097 princely council

Rus'–Byzantine War of 907

Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv

founders of the medieval city of Kyiv

Boleslaw I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis

Polish intervention in the war of Kievan succession

Sineus and Truvor

brothers of Rurik, a Varangian chieftain of the Rus'

968 siege by the Pechenegs against the Kyivan Rus

Battle on the Nemiga River

1067 battle near Minsk, Belarus

Battle of the River Bug

battle in Eastern Europe in 1018

Theodore the Varangian and his son Ioan

10th century martyrs

Kyiv uprising of 1068

revolt against Grand Prince Iziaslav Yaroslavich of Kyiv

Council of Uvetichi

Battle of Silistra

Battle of Sułą River

Kievan succession crisis of 1015–1019

1015–1019 intrastate war

Battle of the Salnitsa river

calling of the Varangians

historical legend about the origins of Rus

Battle of Listven

battle in Eastern Europe in 1024

Battle of the Stugna River

1093 battle between Kievan Rus' and Cumans

Battle of Lubecz