The RUS are the name of Norsemen predominantly coming from sweden. It means something like " The men who rows" pointning to the longships that they come in.
@@ingegerdandersson6963 No, it is the men who row, the reason they are called that is that it is difficult to sail a Viking ship on the Dnipro, so the Vikings mostly used oars and that is what the people who lived there at the time called them from the beginning and they continued with that
@@Ikkeligeglad Are you sure the term Roslagen doesn't have something to do with the same etymology? That's where they mostly came from after all, at least as far as we know.
Routsi " men who row" in Finnish where settlers traders in rus and beyond . The countries did not have any exact borders then . The one that ruled the water ways were in power ..
Its was fun that Joe Biden had his office in Wilmington when he was president elect. That used to be part of New Sweden. So basically both USA and Russia and Ukraine and Belarus and Norway and Denmark och Finland should be swedish :) oh Estonia and Latvia too. And why not Poland, its was ruled by Vladislav Vasa… yes… make the world great again… make it swedish :)
@@erikstenviken2652 Sure... if we also agree that Finnic Tribes have the right to claim any land they previously inhabited. That means Kola peninsula as a whole, and if you take Finland like a brush and just paint halfway to Ural, all of that land was inhabited by Finnic Tribes. There are still pockets near ural that speak completely comprehensible Finnish, it is really, really strange how it is SO similar despite being cut off from Finland for centuries. It is not at all like Liv people or Estonians whose language you can't understand as a Finn but then some pockets of Finnish speakers in the middle or Russia..
The Varangians were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. The Varangians settled in the territories of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of *Kievan Rus'* as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov. They also formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard... etc. etc. etc. They were called the Rus and thus the name of the huge chunk of territory from the Black Sea to modern Russia that Rurik and his descendants ruled was called the Kievan Rus' (since the capital city was Kiev). Long before that Kiev was a trading hub in the area while Moscow was just a forest. Try telling that to most Russians...
@@NiclasHorn my grandpa was born in a clan formed in byzantium, living in karelia he was one of 3 survivors from the clan following the communist attack
@@MelinaJamiee You are rewriting history. Vikings came there yes. But there were Slavic people there before them. Hence, why vikings came there. No people. No vikings. Vikings didn't always rape and pillage everywhere. They sometimes traded too
@@samuelwikstrom7758 How does a naming logically concur that it was Swedish? You Swedes are beyond mental repair. You love to indulge in your own bullshit. Maybe that's why your country has become such a shit hole full of arabs. Because of stroking your own ego, thinking that you are the most kind people to exist. As they say "don't get high on your own supply"
Nestor was a monk and chronicler who lived in the late 11th and early 12th centuries in the Kievan Empire. He is considered the author of the famous "Nestor Chronicle" ("Povest vremennykh let", or Tale of Bygone Times), which is one of the most important sources of the early history of the East Slavs and the Kievan Empire. Nestor's life • He was born about the year 1056 and died about the year 1114. • Nestor lived as a monk in the Cave Monastery in Kiev (Kievo-Petherska Lavra), which was one of the most important spiritual and cultural centers of the Kievan Empire. Nestor Chronicle The chronicle was written around the year 1113 and describes events from the history of the East Slavic peoples, from mythical times until the beginning of the 12th century. It covers, among other things: 1. The role of the Scandinavians (the Varangians) in the founding of the Kievan Empire. 2. Trade routes such as "from the Varangians to the Greeks". 3. Relations between Slavs, Vikings and Byzantines. 4. The Christianization of the Kingdom of Kiev under Grand Duke Vladimir the Great (year 988). Significance of the chronicle Although the chronicle is an invaluable historical source
I think our idea of vikings and what the viking refers to in English are two different thing. Or, only west-coast Swedes, Götar (for example), were vikings, but the east coast Swedes were not. But, I think it's just a difference in definition between what we Swedes see as vikings and what viking means in English.
Well Sweden has a lot of territory to bring back then 😂, a part of russia, Ukraine Finland, Norway, Germany and Denmark, but with Denmark we have a record of wars so im not sure who belongs to who then 🤔😂 Well we would probably have some part of the UK to😅 Oh I forgot Vinland in America, the Baltics and Island 😂😂😂 So crazy way of thinking 🙈 I love our Nordic neighbours and u want them to be who they are,❤🤗🇸🇪
Us Danes wants Blekinge and Skåne back then,heh after my knowledge is it actually the Danish Vikings who was the greatest throughout history,we leaded the longest and most ships to Vinland/America, Iceland, Greenland,The middle east,the mediterranean etc. We owned the most of Norway and Sweden aswell back then heh,but to be honest it would be silly to claim old land back,as Putin think hes allowed to do, without its even is historical correct,heh,in general war and fights about land should be in the past,all nowadays wars and fights should be stopped at any cost. We need as all humans be better than that and work together if our planet shall survive and thrive,the nature, animals and environment are already suffering from our dirty and greedy behaviour. All the best to all ! Greetings from Sjælland 🧙♂️🇩🇰🌲🧚♂️✌🏻✨🍄
What part of present time Denmark were historically ever under the rule of Sweden ?, it's actually the other way around. Though the Kalmar Union was agreed upon at Kalmar in Sweden, it was designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark and it's capital was Copenhagen, from where she ruled both Denmark and Sweden from 1389 until her death in 1412.
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@@NoGloryToRats Danes were the majority of the vikings that settled in Britain and France, and the ones that raided and attacked Paris several times. However, the ones who discovered America, Greenland, Iceland, owned Faroe islands, Orkney, Shetland, and some northwestern islands of Scotland, founded
@@agffans5725 it depends how you look at it Skåne was a part of Denmark and so on, my comment was ironic and was a joke about how insane it is to claim territory based on historical grounds
The biggest difference between Norweigan and Danish Vikings is the fact that while they went west, into Europe while Swedish vikings went east, into what is today Russia and the countries around it. And as far as I understand it, Kievan Rus is people who started to congregate around the rivers because Vikings came there and made trade possible. Oh, Also, The City of St Petersburg is built on an old Swedish fort called Nylands Fort.
The Finnish Lutheran immigrants moved to Ingria when it was a part of Sweden since the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617. The city of St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 during the Great Northern War (1700-1721), but Ingrian Finns stayed at their home villages in a region around the city. Russian Czars allowed them lived there even if the rulers changed. But the 1930s and 1940s Stalin started his purges with mass deportions and executions against Ingrian Finns just like many other national minorities in the Soviet Union.
Even more importantly, Viking era was more like the end rather then the start as there were traders in boats traveling from the Sweden area down those rivers as early as the Bronze age!
"According to the prevalent theory, the name Rus', like the Proto-Finnic name for Sweden (*rootsi), is derived from an Old Norse term for 'men who row' (rods-) because rowing was the main method of navigating the rivers of Eastern Europe, and could be linked to the Swedish coastal area of Roslagen (Rus-law) or Roden.[23][24] The name Rus' would then have the same origin as the Finnish and Estonian names for Sweden: Ruotsi and Rootsi.[24][25]"
While “lag” means law in Swedish it has nothing to do with the word law in this context. Lag also means “team” and in this context the crew that would row a ship.
@ No lag doesn’t refer to an area where a law applies. It simply means ”law”. However in this case I most likely does not. Roslagen is a relatively late word, (15th century) and refers to a team of rowers. The ”ros” comes from the old word ”roden” which in turn likely comes from the old Norse word ”roðer” (rowing).
20:18 Yes they voted , but the ppl that did not want to vote was taken from their home's at gun point . So we can say that it was a bit forced on them to vote like now you vote yes or else feeling about it .
Do you have a source on that. That it was under gunpoint? Did not the states Donetsk/Donbas have an election that showed they wanted to be a part of Russia? They also speak Russian there. It´s easy to say that an election is rigged or under gunpoint. But is that a real fact? The reality is often more complicated than you think. This says a lot about the world: ruclips.net/user/shorts52HIOtECfKY
Actually even Putin take about Rurik during his Tucker Carlsson interview. So he seems to say done if the story of Rurik as founder. He started to build Moscow according to Putin.
You know that before stpetersburg that was built in 1712 their was a town called Nyen between 1617-1702 so almost 100 years before peter the great even come and built stpetersburg .
The mentioned voting supposedly did take place, however, it was organised by Russia in territory occupied by Russia, so whether the results are the actual results and whether people gave their true opinion in the vote is impossible to know.
And those who fled had no say. If you ethnically cleanse an area after taking it by force, and have a vote under supervision of armed soldiers, it's going to take alot of balls to go down to the voting booth and throw a ballot to tell the armed man watching you to fuck off. Not to mention you probably won't be going back home that night.
The Rus',[a] also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD. Rus' is generally considered to be a borrowing from Finnic "Ruotsi" ("Sweden") - From Wikipedia
But they did set up trading stations long before the viking age (793 AD). They knew how to build boats before "vendeltid" and the migration period. The vikings just upgraded and perfected already known method.
the Rus Vikings funded Kievan Rus that said Russia never belonged to Sweden , there was no Sweden back then , and Sweden didn't populate Russia, but there are quite a high level of Scandinavian dna in some areas in Russia and Kiev if I remember correctly 15% (in a few areas around former Viking settlements where they tested) Swedes in the Viking age were called Sveir/Svear, and Goths/Geats , however those in Russia were called Rus it's believed to come from the Finno-ugric word for Swede "Routsi"
@@clausfrom1420 ..... By Odin. If you know about Poltava.. You should also know what year that was... The Swedish Rus were in the year ~700 or something. There is like 1000 years inbetween these events.
The reason why they don’t agree with the guy who is recording is because they’re scared of being prosecuted, they have passed laws in Russia where people who talks negatively about the conflict can be jailed and their relatives be prosecuted too
Probably, still interesting to witness how people think and reason. If they were truly against the ukraine war they could always say "I dont know much about history, but war is destructive" or something
It's a bit more complicated, yes Swedish vikings were known as rus, and they and their ancestors formed the Kievan Rus "empire", they were also known as Vargarians and were hired as guards in Bysantine. Some claim that the word Rus stems from an area north of Stockholm (Roslagen) and that it means Rowing people, but it's hard to know since there are few sources. Rus can also in a way be why Sweden in Finish is "Ruotsi". But the thing is that countries didn't exist back then, it's a fairly modern concept.
There Varagnian guard was in large made up by the Rus. There is a written description in the Carolingian Annals of St-Bertin, by Louis the Pious after he received Varangian envoys from Theophilus where he is requesting safe passage for them (the Rus) through Louis realm on their way home. Here he describes them as “people from the (what they would then call today geographical Sweden). Furthermore the Finish word for roarsmen and the word Roslagen most likely originated from the same word, “Roden”.
The vikings helped founded Kiewanrus, and with the trade route therefrom to Särkland (Iraq) the "arabs there said they were from Rus, wich became Rusland for the vikings. Another form of authority was formed in Novogorod and they decided to form Moscovia with Moscow as capital. Kiewanrus became Ukraine and Moscovia, well! Whats basically the origin of todays Russia but they also count RF as a part of russia.
To mess things up a bit. 1) Rurik founded the Kiev state. 2) A region in the east of Sweden is called "Roslagen", in Finland Sweden is called Ruotsi and Rurik is described in the Nestor Chronicle as coming from a people called "rus" (who was Svear/eastern "swedes" - remember there where no actual nordic contries at that time). Ros(lagen) - Ruotsi - Rurik - rus - Russia!
Sweden as it exists today didn't exist but Svithoid (Svíþjóð) was a large region/land that spans much of current Svealand, which had kings for several of the sub-regions as-well as some sources also claim that Svíþjóð also used to have a 'king of kings', who was voted by the different 'Tinget' in Svíþjóð to rule over the regional kings.
Ukraine was founded for the first time for 3 years 1918-1921 and then again in 1991....before that it belonged to the mongols, muskovites , tatars and kossacks in different turns
Kievan Rus is what later became Russia, after they moved. Ukraine is what got left here, or rather got occupied by some criminal groups and then formed their criminal structure, known as “Ukraine”
The first Swedish princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter from Sigtuna in Sweden married Yaroslav the wise and later became known in Russia as Saint Avnna of novgorod.
and Putin was born there, so he is properly a subject of the Swedish King. He's a usurper in Russia but Russia should not exist, it should all be Sweden. Better start learning Swedish and give back our land Ruskies. Those that don't like it have to move east of the Ural mountains.
I think the Swedes should try a Russia as the argument for Russia to get the f out of Ukraine. Putin like talking history when it comes to Ukraine, so maybe mr. Tucker should go have an interview with a Swedish politician that can tell us all about this, for Putin to hear. That would make not only my day, but my year.
Putin is a hypocrite. "waaah waaah you use long distance missiles on me, it's not fair!" while he uses long distance missiles on those he makes war with. Pathetic they have leader being that much of a hypocrite.
Ukraine has been fighting the areas russia is holding for over a decade. So who needs a history lesson? Anyway Putins history lesson with tucker is pretty much we have no reason except stupid reasons to fight. Ukraine started killing people though. Russia threatened war since 2014 if they did not stop..
The Swedish name was Ruser and Baltic countries and Finland call Sweden/ Swedes Ruotsi and Rootsi. Ruserna came from an area of Sweden by the coast called Roslagen, so you can see the ressemblance in the names. In the East Ruserna was called Rus. There were people living in those part in the east but it started with Rutenien that was around the river Dnepr that been a highway for Swedish vikings. Later they populated it and started smal trade villages. Rutenien was a mix of people and they were called Rusiner and in the 900's it was a vast area with trade between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea all started by the Swedish vikings. Later all this became the Kievan empire and was first called Kievrutenien and Kievrus: However Novogrod or as "Ruserna" called it "Holmgård" was the cradle of today's Russia and not Kyiv as they say. Russia always rewrite anything to fit their history or narrative. Kyiv is something the Russians tried to take since around 1100. Also Sweden had the Varangians that was the more well known vikings back then but the Swedish vikings focused more on trading then fighting but they for sure fought a lot. There is a reason that Varangians "Väringagardet" was an elite unit of the Byzantine army, Swedish vikings along with other Norsemen recruited as personal bodyguards to the Byzantine emperors. The Varangians came mostly from Sveariket ( a part of Sweden ) but later on took on Norsemen from the other parts an later on even Anglo-Saxons. So even if Swedish vikings is not as sexy as Norwegian or Danish the Swedish have a long history and have made history. Sadly Russia became what it is today and I wonder what it would have become if Sweden just left them alone.
@@shar3066 Yes I know, it was my "comment" on that Russians in the interview said Kyiv ( Kyivan Russ ) was the cradle or capital of Russia. When in fact Novgorod got more of a claim. Still, like you say Novgorod was home to many Swedes/ Finns, Balts as well. First it was called "Holmgård" in Swedish or old Swedish, then in around 860 Rurik called the area "Ruriksborg". Then his family named what to day is Novgorod "Nystad" that translated to English means "New town". So my point is that historians call Novgorod the cradle of Russia while Russians ( when they as usual rewrite history ) call Kyiv/ Ukraine/ Kievanrus for the cradle of Russia.
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@@AndyWoohoo666 Well, the cradle of the christian orthodox part of russian culture, was in the Kievan Rus. So it's not entirely wrong.
@@AndyWoohoo666 I don't listen to people who claim that Russia invaded Ukraine totally unprovoked. The whole West parrots the same nonsense. We heard the same in the Iraq war regarding WMDs. And that Gadaffi killed his own people. And Sweden like most of Europe has banned Russia today. Are you so D afraid so you won't allow what the other part is saying? And now you will tell me it's pRoPaGaNdA and I will tell you to take your ball and go home 😂
Yes, it just depends on how far back you have to count. Kyiv was formed, among other things, by vikings from the rose team in Sweden who were called Ruser. And that was before Russia even existed. But that applies to Ukraine, not Russia. So Sweden was ahead of Russia in Ukraine.
Vikings made kiev and formed russia. Austria and poland had their empires and eventualy convinced people in kiev they are special and should call themself somthering else than russian. After WW1 I suppose lenin helped with his whole russian revolution. But people in kiev were so fascinated by him that eventualy they declared him their dear leader.... A few million deaths later and the germans having some dear leader with other ideas coming to kill with the help of bandera some more milliions who refused to work with them or were impure and not real ukrainians in a way that even the dear leader in germany kinda disliked because he wanted more soldiers for the front instead of more dead impure scum... Then it suffered under soviets who killed everyone who worked with the funny mustache man. Eventualy the big centralized goverment of soviet tumbled under corruption and stupid decisions. And the local corrupt people took charge of their own destiny expanded the so called historical borders and said now everything would be better. The americans got involved and had some ngos and stuff inflame old hatreds and supported some dude who just could not wait a month or 2 for electtions to seize power causing russians to "protect" people in crimea. And when people in eastern ukraine saw people running around killing people and not getting punished.... Well they also started to feel more russian and kiev started bombing them for it.Eventualy causing russia to get involved. Long complicated history with lots of death and hate to go around and that is the recent history.
Reference to later events where Sweden was somewhat larger. The Battle of Poltava (in Ukraine) in 1709 decided the Great Nordic War. During the battle, Charles XII's Swedish field army was defeated by the Russians led by Tsar Peter the Great (Peter I). After the battle, Charles XII left the defeated army and set off for Turkey (Ottoman Empire).
Rurik from Roslagen in todays Uppland was asked by the slavic tribes around Kyiv to help them found a nation. So he went there with his brother in 830 AD and founded Kyivan Rus. It was also called Rossia because of the the influx of people from Roslagen ( ROS law) Sweden. Sweden is therefore called Ruotsi in Finnish and Rootsi in Estonian. When the Danish Vikings went to England they called it Danelagen in English Danelaw.
The Rus were, according to some sources. from the region called Roslagen north of Stockholm. They founded Kievan-Rus, which strictly speaking isn't Russia, but Russia originated out of Kievan-Rus.
I'm Swedish and took a DNA test recently because I was a bit curious. It turned out that I was 50% Swedish and 25% Ukrainian... The rest was a little Norway and US... That part with Ukraine was a surprise, maybe that's why I started to dislike Putin. It's probably in the genes...
I've read a couple of theorys... 1. (it is said that ..) Rurik created the settlement of Novgorod (named Holmgård in our storys from that time, during the Viking era) 2. the finnish-tribes called them "Rus" they who rowed the boats towards the east. 3. It's said they (Rurik and company) came from west, the now a days Sweden, Denmark even some say from the baltic countries. 4 There is a connection later on between sweden and novgorod, the king "Olof Skötkonung" and "Anna the holy" as Anna was related to Olof. Baptised as " Ingegerd Olofsdotter. Even to the Kievan Rus thanks to Anna. but who knows what is true... But there were abvoius trade connections and travels, I'm guessing it went both ways also.
The first known people to set foot on Russian territory were called the Cimmerians. They ruled between 1000 and 700 BCE and were followed by the Scythians in 700 BCE. The Scythian nomads established a military state and defeated the Persians, but were nonetheless conquered by the Sarmatians in 3 BCE.
Swede here. There are two theories about the Rus. The first and mostly accepted theory is that Rurik was from Roslagen. The second and less known theory is that he was from northern Germany.
This was new thing for me as a Finn as I thought Sweden and Russia fought over us since forever 😊😅 But 100 year old countries isn't odd thing. Our country turns 107 next week, and there is a lot of younger countries as well.
No it wasnt only that..That election was infact rigged/illegal/forced.. From Al Jazeera News(Because its not a "Western media") They ask residents for their IDs and nudge them to fill in an early ballot form with the names of four candidates in Russia’s presidential election, current and former residents of the occupied areas told Al Jazeera. One of the candidates is Vladimir Putin, who is all but certain to win his fifth election, and the remaining three presidential hopefuls are figureheads from pro-Kremlin parties whose participation is widely understood by observers as an attempt to create an illusion of choice. The Ukrainians rarely refuse to fill in the ballot for a very persuasive reason - a masked, gun-toting Russian serviceman towering next to the official and a car filled with more armed men nearby, Al Jazeera has learned. The “voting” usually takes place near the entrance of an apartment, and the election official along with the armed soldier can see whose name is ticked off on the ballot. The few Ukrainians who refused to vote or badmouthed the election have been rounded up and taken to “basements”, as informal prisons are known in Russia-occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, according to the Eastern Human Rights Group, a Ukrainian watchdog. The rights group and the three Ukrainians Al Jazeera interviewed for this article, whose full names will not be used for safety reasons, reported the threat of guns at polling stations in the occupied regions. So the only way to safely say “no” is to keep the door closed to election officials and avoid the polling stations that opened on Friday, the first day of Russia’s three-day election. “Nobody touches” those who stay at home, said a former resident of the Russia-occupied southern town of Enerhodar who fled to Kyiv but is in constant contact with her family and friends at home. The reason is simple - vote-rigging, which has been documented in Russia in previous elections and is widely expected to be even more pronounced in the occupied parts of Ukraine. So its all a fckin sham
They voted to be russian after porochenko took ukraine by force, with senators and ambassadors from usa inciting a insurrection supporting him, russia only convinced them that beeing russian had more beneftis. But that is crimea. A sovereign country older than ukraine. I think this guy is talking about eastern ukraine after fighting ukraine for a decade chosing to become a part of russia with western supplied artillery raining down on them..
Sweden also "owned" Norway before we "gave" the country back. In the Swedish-Norwegian union, the two countries had separate state administrations but a common king and foreign policy. During the 19th century, Norwegian opposition to the union grew, but it was not until 1905 that it was dissolved and Norway became independent.
On 7 January 1814, about to be overrun by Swedish, Russian, and German troops under the command of the elected crown prince of Sweden, King Frederick VI of Denmark agreed to cede Norway to the king of Sweden in order to avoid an occupation of Jutland. This means the Swedish, Russian and German troops threatened to take Copenhagen. So in the end the Danish King forced Norway to be ruled under the Swedish flag. And knowing that it took that long for Denmark to loose their grip on Greenland i think that the Swedes owning Norway woud have given freedom to Norway way sooner then the Danes woud have. Acually i belive Denmark woud have kept Norway until today.
Also Ingegerd jugoslav was the daughter of the first swedish christian king Olof skötskunugn. Ingegerd got marrid to Jaroslav a king in Kiev. She got four kids one of them named Izjaslav Gerturd, fuanded the russian tzar family.
Yeah, Ukraine too. Even in Finnish the word for Sweden is similar to Russia, the rus viking. 3:40 The irony, Kievan Rus... yeah, Swedes. 5:45 What!? Swedish vikings were just as much vikings as the others, was just less and shorter time. 6:15 WTH? This lady was saying Russia belongs to no one but then Ukraine belongs to Russia... Holy shit.
As a swed I learned this in school but they never said anything about Russia being a part of Sweden but I know thta Scandinavia and finland was Sweden that’s the only thing I know
Swedes, "Svear och götar, och hälsingar", "Sviar & Goetar" went in both directions. Example, in Östergötland, on the Eastern side of Sweden, the side on the Baltic, there are like eight Viking runestones, four are about going east, four are about going west, like England, "Ilati". People further north were more likely to go east, since it was closer. People on the west coast were more likely to go in that direction, to the southwest, the North Sea, the British Isles and France and wherever. They all traded and raided around the Baltic, and along the rivers, or went south or east to take service and make silver and gold.
In old Russian annals and chronicles, Rurik is described as a Varangian Rus', or overseas. In the 12th-century Chronicle of Nestor, the Varangians are associated with the Swedes or other northern peoples, such as the Angles and Goths. Rurik's arrival in Russia sometime after 862 would fit in with the Viking raids, and he could have been a prominent Scandinavian warlord.[1]
its like this Sweden had an army outpost where St Petersburg now is, Peter the great took it and still today when your in St Petersburg you can visit a replica of thet outpost
You have the Gohts in crimea under Theodoric.. his was family ties goes to Sweden Östergötland.. The lombards who emigrated into northern Italy in te (568-636).. they are the 200.000 Winnili who became The Langobards "Lombards in Italy" who actually originated from Scania "Sweden" which started in the 1st century ad due to overpopulation.. where they first took rugen and roamed Northern Baltikum mixing in with German tribes later moved in to Italy and sacked their nobility when Venice played out its opponent The Byzantine arcade.
The viking culture and mentality and language was exactly the same - Harald hårdråde went with Swedish Vikings to Miklagård ( Constantinopel ) and later became king of Norway 🇳🇴 later killed in the battle of Hasting in England
I think we first came to todays Ukraine and established Kiev and one of us (from Rus (Roslagen outside Stockholm) went up north, to todays russia (whatever that is)
Rurik was a rus (a rower or from Roslagen/Roden or redheaded(Routsi)) maybe rus=drunk) united slavic tribes around Kiev. Before that there were Wikings around in that area. This was logic, because The Wikings had trading routes to the black sea and caspian sea. This unit probably made Kievian Rus safer and wealthier. There are several Runestones telling about the travel to the east. Ingvar the fartraveller was one who has 26 runestones about him. Arabic coins from the wiking age is the most common coin find in swedish wiking soil. Many Proof of Historical finds around Kiev is of scandinavian origin. DNA says also that there was finnish blood in the Rurik dynasty. The Rus ruled for a long time, maybe also partly before Rurik. Some professors says that many slavic tribes wanted to be allied with the swedes rather than to fight them. Novgorod(800-) and Kiev became a mercantile center. Karl IX concurred Novgorod 1611 and it belonged to sweden to 1617. The kings in this time had many mercenaries fighting, so probably genes from all over europe have come to these places.
Nestor was a monk in Kiev, that lived 1056-1113, and wrote the Chronicles of Kiev, and that the country around there was established by the Viking Rurik, so he lived only a hundred years after a swedish princess married a king in Kiev, which was decended from Vikings. Notice that Sweden and Ukraine are the only two countries with Blue&Yellow flags !? So, in the early Middle Ages, the forfathers of the Russians were actually living further to the East. Vikings were traiders mainly in the western parts (today Ukraine and Belarus). Their capital 'Moskov' is actually not a russian word, but Finnish-Ugrian, that is the people that today only live in Finland, Estonia and Hungary. The slaves pushed these earlier people away, pretty late in history. Today people are very mixed up everywhere.
Yes, Sweden did settle Russia, but were later conquered and those conquer were also conquered, and those conquerors were overthrown, and they are the current Russia. But there is definitely Swedish blood in Russians, yes. This did happen during early viking times if I remember correctly, it is the same as the first discovers of America are also vikings, and they did have a settlement there, but never really colonized it. Also, this was the viking age, Sweden did not exist yet and there was no unified country yet, so what he founded indeed does not really belong to Sweden.
The russian political system is a hellhole and a prison. But the russian people are a very warmhearted and kind people. But they have been oppressed for a long time.
Your rant about Ukraine around the the 16 minute mark gives me hope for humanity. Thank you for still being a descent, moral and compassionate person. That's a choice! 👍🇺🇦🇸🇪
Have you ever thought about that "your side" could actually be the side that is immoral and rotten? Of course it's always the other's who are in the wrong...
@IwillEndureToTheEnd If Ukraine stops fighting Ukraine stops existing. If Russia stops fighting, the war is over. Russia invaded Ukraine. I don't know how to make it more clear what side is the immoral and rotten one.
Yes you guessed right with the vikings. Apparently Sweden was involved in the founding of new states, that would later become Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Im a little curious about this topic, but havent found that much info about it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Sweden_relations
Swedish ”Vikings” norsemen is the same as the others, they went both west and East. But what we know is that Sweden was more of the religiouse center of scandinavia, more religouse sures and items have been found in sweden then the rest of scandinavia (from the viking age)
The word viking can be a bit misleading. Some scholars has speculated that the word started out as a vierb and became over time a noun. So if we accept that to be the case then yes the Rus were viking, and in this case, predominantly swedish vikings. The best source I can come up with is Timothy Snyder. He's a history professor at Yale University, and has written extensively on the history of eastern europe primarily Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. He's been studyin this subject since the 80's, so he's a bit of an expert. There's a lecture somewhere on RUclips where he gives a comprehensive account on the russian/ukrainian history from the very beginning with the Kievan Rus and up to the current conflict. As I can recall his account pretty much says the same: The Kievan Rus was founded by swedish vikings, and the Kievan empire came to include at least the heartland of Russia including what later would come to be known as Moscow.
It is written in in "The primary chronicle" by a monk called Nestor. You should also check out Nyenskans, founded 1611 in the area then called Ingria (belonging to the swedes), this is where St Petersburg is now located. That fact is really funny when Putin mentions to what borders he want to go back to.
Humanity... We own this, you own that. Just be f-ing greatful to have seen anything. As far as we know we have just a very, very short period of time living here. What happens after that, no one (of us) knows. It seems to be so f-ing hard to be kind and respectful… I feel like I’m done here, honestly. I saw things, I was amazed, I loved, (still do), I hated, I cried, I laughed, I missed and I appreciated… And eventually I’ll die thankfull. Good night, to all of you♥️
The area now called Russia, Belarus an Ukraine had two names in old Norse during the Vikning age: 1) "Gárdarikki" which means "realm of enclosures" as it had fortified towns (known as "grad" in slavic languages) with walls. Gárd in old norse is sometthin enclosed with a fense or a wall. 2) "Svitjod hinn mikkla" meaning "the big Sweden". Svi/Sve/Swe is the name of the tribe living around lake Mälaren in Sweden. Tjod/tjoð/þiuþ means tribe or people and is not a single political entity but a entity based on common ancetors. You could be a member of the Swe tribe without being a subject to the Swe-king. Hinn mean "the" in old Norse. Mikkla means big, great and much. Mikklagárd were the name of Byzantium/Constaninople/Istanbul and meant "the big enclosure" i.e the city with the big walls. This name "Svitjod hinn mikkla" is known from historical sources and is yet another indicator that Rurik and his clan originated in Sweden. However if we disregard the oldest history there are lands i Russia tha used to belong to Sweden in the 1600 and so modern as the 1800s. The site of St Petetsburg were orginally a Swedish fortification. The castle called "Nöteborg" (Nut-castle?) is on an island in a river north east of St Petersburg, not to long from Starya Ladoga. We also have the city Viborg (meaning the castle at the Vi, which were a pagan cultsite in pre-christian times) that Russia took from Finland in the Winter War (or if it was the Continuation War). If Sweden were to use the same type of claimes as Putin then most of Lenigrad oblast would rightfully belong to Sweden. But then there is also the fact that several Swedish kings were closely related to the Russian tzars, so close that they could have claims on the throne.
Rus are vikings, it's what swedish vikings got called! It's likeley that the finnish people named Sweden/swedes for Ruotsi becuase of the Rus-vikings, Ruotsi could be translated to row as in rowing a boat and it relates to the long ships that the vikings had. Swedish vikings went east so countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus etc. and even further to arabs nations. I think arabs might of called swedish vikings for Rus instead of vikings. It's believed that the Rus vikings gave Russia and Belarus their names.
Nestor realy means the oldest/the most experienced/(the wisest). In this case though it's a reference to "Nestor the Chronicler" or "Nestor the Hagiographer" who wrote the so called "Primary Chronicle", the chronicle of the Kievan Rus basically.
true. The governor of Norrtälje north of stockholm is the one Putins should talk to in the Caucasus and on the Black Sea. In the 850s AD, the East Slavic state of Kiev was founded, and in Novgorod (Holmgård) Swedish Vikings under Rurik formed another center of power (Gårdarike). After Kiev also fell under the Rurik dynasty, the kingdom grew, and at the end of the 9th century it was Christianized by missionaries from Byzantium (Östrom)
If anyone wants to learn more about the "Swedish Claims" on "Russia" There is 3 Kingdoms you should learn about: Novogorod (Holmgården) Ruthenia (Königsgården) Muscovia (What later won the wars against the other 2) And a Empire: is the Title you have when ruling more then 1 Kingdom. Sweden have Historical claims to 2 out of Russian Empires like ~25 Kingdoms. The Russian Empire will always have Claims on their lesser titles to stay an Empire. We in the west want these Kingdoms to remain Kingdoms, and not get absorbed into the Empire again. I mean i guess most of you guys seen "Asterix and Obelix" movies, about the little village fighting against the Roman Empire. Ukraine is Asterix and Obelix and Russia is Rome, to draw paralels. The difference from other Historical Empires is that they have nukes. When Empires crumble, chaos will follow. Look at Europe after the Collapse of Roman Empire. The Germanic Tribes Migrated South and changed History forever. Look at the historical locations of Lombards, Burgundys, Angles, Saxons etc. I do pray for the Fall of the Russian Empire. But i am also very worried about what follows. I am glad we wont be alive for the most part of that chaos.
Nestor was a monk in Kiev in the 12th century. He claimed to have lived 1056-1113. His chronicle is about the area around Kiev from the Big Flood (you know, the one in the Bible) up until the year 1110.
All of scandinavia did have vikings. But Sweden at its largest was the Swedish Empire, holding Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, parts of Norway, part of Russia(including even St. Petersburg), parts of the Netherlands and parts of Germany. The only reason that they lost was because, Russia, Poland, Denmark-Norway(at the time a union) and I also believe Prussia(German predecessor). All of these teamed up on Sweden and eventually they lost the war, losing everything but the modern Swedish territories.
Sweden had the Göthi, Svea, and the Roos tribes, and also a ton of Danish tribes in the southern part. Svearna subdued Göthi, and a few of the Danish tribes, and also defeated the Roos who originated on Åland. The roos migrated eastward and eventually founded the Kievan Rus, the Muscovny Rus and a few other lands by simply taking over the slavic tribes, ruling them, and ruling WELL. Meanwhile Sweden consolidated into a modern national state, and spent half a millenium fighting wars with Denmark. Today the achipelago from Stockholm through Åland to Finland is still referred to as "Roslagen" which means the land where the ros made the law, = ruled. The Roos really only ruled for about a century before they were absorbed into the slavic culture, but their legacy is the foundation of the states that eventually became Russia. It is quite possible that the Göthi also were part of the same bigger Goth culture that spawned the fall of Rome... We nordics have ALWAYS been meddlesome!
they held referendums in part of these territories (with a majority being russian aligned citizens) that overwhelmingly wanted to belong to russia instead of ukraine. I think it was above 95% in favour in the Luhansk region.
The Rus', also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD.
Watching Russians being interviewed is like watching Jaywalking on Jay Leno show... it's so silly I don't know if I should be scared or laugh my ass off. A whole nation brainwashed... quite an accomplishment.
Archaeological excavations at Ladoga in Russia have confirmed that the building style and remains correspond to those found in Jutland, Denmark in the mid-8th century......
This actually happens before the Viking age, something calls Vendel time, it’s in the iron age. The Swedish Vikings, often called Varjagers or Rus, sailed eastward and settled mainly along rivers such as the Dnieper and Volga during the 8th century and beyond. They established trade routes and settlements in areas that today correspond to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. An important center became Novgorod and later Kiev, where they helped found what is known as the Kingdom of Kiev (or Kyivan Rus), a precursor to today's Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Years and events • 862 AD: According to the Russian chronicle "The Chronicle of Nestor", Rurik, a leader of the Varangians, was called to rule over Novgorod. This is seen as the beginning of the Russian state. • 882 AD: Oleg, one of Rurik's successors, conquered Kiev and made it the capital of the Kievan Empire. The name "Russia" The name "Rus" is believed to come from the Swedish Vikings, who in Finnish were called "Ruotsi" (a term that originally referred to Roslagen, an area in Sweden). It is uncertain whether the Vikings themselves used the term, but their presence seems to have given rise to the name later used for the region. The Swedes' role in naming There is still debate about how much influence the Swedish Vikings had on the name itself and the state's development. It is clear that Scandinavians played an important role in shaping the early Slavic state and its trade structures, but they were quickly assimilated into the local culture and formed only part of the wider development.
5:46 Hi, I'm a Swede, and in history, we were Vikings just as much as Denmark and Norway. Yes, Norway and Denmark were the most aggressive, which is why they are historically mistaken for being the only Vikings. This is not true-Sweden was Viking just like Norway and Denmark. An interesting thing about Viking history is that Sweden is one of the reasons we are known for being Vikings. Why, you may ask? Well, it’s because of how traditional Swedish Vikings were, especially in preserving Norse mythology. Sweden is Scandinavia's biggest history book of the Vikings because of all the ruins and historical sites we have, for example. I do understand your theory, but it is not accurate. By the way, Sweden hates Russia and always has. Victory to Ukraine!
Also i feel really bad for the russian people, even those on the frontline. May god be with all of the husbands and fathers for ukrain and russia. Pray that this war ends.
I think the reason why vikings from Denmark and Norway is more recognized and well known is partly because it was England and Ireland they invaded. Nations closer to us and have a language more mutual Intelligibility, they very much wrote down everything historically. Do you think arab nations or Russia would admit that the Rus vikings once invaded them? Swedish vikings were buissnessmen too and body guards aswell but that is not known. I think Norway and Denmark, especially Denmark cared more about politics too than the swedish vikings so the impact they had was stronger just for getting involved in politics while the Swedish vikings were vikings the longest. It did not help that most info or things about swedish vikings got burned down by christians. Most is forgotten!
@@tbagsss I think danish and norwegian vikings went there more often, swedish vikings went there too but far less of them since swedish vikings specifically went more east. There were less swedish vikings overal and if swedish vikings were in England they mostly were in a pact or were short term allies with the danes.
Dwayne. The Kiew/rus area was founded by swedish vikings. They intermixed with the local people. The rus people were vikings coming from the northern part of stockholm Roslagen (Norrtälje etc). The last people to turn to christianity. 30% of russian is old viking language.
Christianization of Kievan Rus' happend 988. If thats the people ur talking about. Blotsven from svearna was the last pagan leader in Sweden he died 1088 by king Inge den äldre of svearna.
@OliwerDanielsson-q8w Sure but I meant vikings living in Roslagen. They kept their asa faith the longest of all vikings in Sweden. The last strong hold if you will.
@ Well if we stick to facts rus or ros or ”roslagen” has nothing to do with the organsation of swedish vikings who went east. We were called Varangians or väringar in swedish. Rus or Ruotsi is the name we got from other people. Therefore: ”Varangian Rus” So to answer your question: No. Varangians was a big organisation which even the swedish king were involved and invested in, we operated across the east of scandinavia. Even Harald Hadrada the norwegian king went to the varangians to gain experience.
Many Swedish who went a viking did go west, but predominantly they had most trading routes south and east and it kinda naturally unfolded to us using them routes for going viking (going viking was also going trading, not necessarely going head bashing :) Also those trading routes were established well before the viking age...
According to some sources there was too much civil conflict in the region and several tribes asked the Rus people to establish order, safety and stability. In that case the Swedes were elected as the legal government of the region =)
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The RUS are the name of Norsemen predominantly coming from sweden. It means something like " The men who rows" pointning to the longships that they come in.
Sweden in Finnish translates to Ruotsi!!
I thought it was that they came from Roslagen (north of Stockholm) that gave the name.
@@ingegerdandersson6963 No, it is the men who row, the reason they are called that is that it is difficult to sail a Viking ship on the Dnipro, so the Vikings mostly used oars and that is what the people who lived there at the time called them from the beginning and they continued with that
@@Ikkeligeglad Are you sure the term Roslagen doesn't have something to do with the same etymology?
That's where they mostly came from after all, at least as far as we know.
Routsi " men who row" in Finnish where settlers traders in rus and beyond . The countries did not have any exact borders then . The one that ruled the water ways were in power ..
And the vikings was in America around year 1000 so we could claim America to... ;-)
They knew what was coming and left in a hurry..
Its was fun that Joe Biden had his office in Wilmington when he was president elect. That used to be part of New Sweden. So basically both USA and Russia and Ukraine and Belarus and Norway and Denmark och Finland should be swedish :) oh Estonia and Latvia too. And why not Poland, its was ruled by Vladislav Vasa… yes… make the world great again… make it swedish :)
@@erikstenviken2652 Sure... if we also agree that Finnic Tribes have the right to claim any land they previously inhabited. That means Kola peninsula as a whole, and if you take Finland like a brush and just paint halfway to Ural, all of that land was inhabited by Finnic Tribes. There are still pockets near ural that speak completely comprehensible Finnish, it is really, really strange how it is SO similar despite being cut off from Finland for centuries. It is not at all like Liv people or Estonians whose language you can't understand as a Finn but then some pockets of Finnish speakers in the middle or Russia..
@@johan.ohgrenlol😂
Good ranting 👍🤗
The Varangians were Viking conquerors, traders and settlers, mostly from present-day Sweden. The Varangians settled in the territories of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of *Kievan Rus'* as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov. They also formed the Byzantine Varangian Guard... etc. etc. etc. They were called the Rus and thus the name of the huge chunk of territory from the Black Sea to modern Russia that Rurik and his descendants ruled was called the Kievan Rus' (since the capital city was Kiev). Long before that Kiev was a trading hub in the area while Moscow was just a forest. Try telling that to most Russians...
Wiki much.
Most Russians are very aware of that
yea but we Swede´s had Russian land long AFTER that... you know Carl XII the teenage warrior king..
@@NiclasHorn my grandpa was born in a clan formed in byzantium, living in karelia
he was one of 3 survivors from the clan following the communist attack
There has never been a state called Kievan Rus; it is the name of a historical period.
Swedish peeps founded Kiev
yeah right, in alternate universe
@@Juznik1389 in this universe actually, it was called Gårdarike
@@Juznik1389 Yes they did, google is free my friend.
@@MelinaJamiee You are rewriting history. Vikings came there yes. But there were Slavic people there before them. Hence, why vikings came there. No people. No vikings. Vikings didn't always rape and pillage everywhere. They sometimes traded too
@@samuelwikstrom7758 How does a naming logically concur that it was Swedish? You Swedes are beyond mental repair. You love to indulge in your own bullshit. Maybe that's why your country has become such a shit hole full of arabs. Because of stroking your own ego, thinking that you are the most kind people to exist. As they say "don't get high on your own supply"
Nestor was a monk and chronicler who lived in the late 11th and early 12th centuries in the Kievan Empire. He is considered the author of the famous "Nestor Chronicle" ("Povest vremennykh let", or Tale of Bygone Times), which is one of the most important sources of the early history of the East Slavs and the Kievan Empire.
Nestor's life
• He was born about the year 1056 and died about the year 1114.
• Nestor lived as a monk in the Cave Monastery in Kiev (Kievo-Petherska Lavra), which was one of the most important spiritual and cultural centers of the Kievan Empire.
Nestor Chronicle
The chronicle was written around the year 1113 and describes events from the history of the East Slavic peoples, from mythical times until the beginning of the 12th century. It covers, among other things:
1. The role of the Scandinavians (the Varangians) in the founding of the Kievan Empire.
2. Trade routes such as "from the Varangians to the Greeks".
3. Relations between Slavs, Vikings and Byzantines.
4. The Christianization of the Kingdom of Kiev under Grand Duke Vladimir the Great (year 988).
Significance of the chronicle
Although the chronicle is an invaluable historical source
5:50 not sure what you mean. Swedes definitely had Vikings.
I think our idea of vikings and what the viking refers to in English are two different thing.
Or, only west-coast Swedes, Götar (for example), were vikings, but the east coast Swedes were not.
But, I think it's just a difference in definition between what we Swedes see as vikings and what viking means in English.
Well Sweden has a lot of territory to bring back then 😂, a part of russia, Ukraine Finland, Norway, Germany and Denmark, but with Denmark we have a record of wars so im not sure who belongs to who then 🤔😂
Well we would probably have some part of the UK to😅
Oh I forgot Vinland in America, the Baltics and Island 😂😂😂
So crazy way of thinking 🙈
I love our Nordic neighbours and u want them to be who they are,❤🤗🇸🇪
And Denmark could reclaim Scania, Hallandia and Blekinge
Us Danes wants Blekinge and Skåne back then,heh after my knowledge is it actually the Danish Vikings who was the greatest throughout history,we leaded the longest and most ships to Vinland/America, Iceland, Greenland,The middle east,the mediterranean etc. We owned the most of Norway and Sweden aswell back then heh,but to be honest it would be silly to claim old land back,as Putin think hes allowed to do, without its even is historical correct,heh,in general war and fights about land should be in the past,all nowadays wars and fights should be stopped at any cost. We need as all humans be better than that and work together if our planet shall survive and thrive,the nature, animals and environment are already suffering from our dirty and greedy behaviour.
All the best to all ! Greetings from Sjælland 🧙♂️🇩🇰🌲🧚♂️✌🏻✨🍄
What part of present time Denmark were historically ever under the rule of Sweden ?, it's actually the other way around. Though the Kalmar Union was agreed upon at Kalmar in Sweden, it was designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark and it's capital was Copenhagen, from where she ruled both Denmark and Sweden from 1389 until her death in 1412.
@@NoGloryToRats Danes were the majority of the vikings that settled in Britain and France, and the ones that raided and attacked Paris several times. However, the ones who discovered America, Greenland, Iceland, owned Faroe islands, Orkney, Shetland, and some northwestern islands of Scotland, founded
@@agffans5725 it depends how you look at it Skåne was a part of Denmark and so on, my comment was ironic and was a joke about how insane it is to claim territory based on historical grounds
The biggest difference between Norweigan and Danish Vikings is the fact that while they went west, into Europe while Swedish vikings went east, into what is today Russia and the countries around it.
And as far as I understand it, Kievan Rus is people who started to congregate around the rivers because Vikings came there and made trade possible.
Oh, Also, The City of St Petersburg is built on an old Swedish fort called Nylands Fort.
The Finnish Lutheran immigrants moved to Ingria when it was a part of Sweden since the Treaty of Stolbova in 1617. The city of St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 during the Great Northern War (1700-1721), but Ingrian Finns stayed at their home villages in a region around the city. Russian Czars allowed them lived there even if the rulers changed. But the 1930s and 1940s Stalin started his purges with mass deportions and executions against Ingrian Finns just like many other national minorities in the Soviet Union.
Even more importantly, Viking era was more like the end rather then the start as there were traders in boats traveling from the Sweden area down those rivers as early as the Bronze age!
To be fair, Swedes ( and Geats?) went both ways, west and east. There are a bunch of evidence for this, especially in terms of runestones.
"According to the prevalent theory, the name Rus', like the Proto-Finnic name for Sweden (*rootsi), is derived from an Old Norse term for 'men who row' (rods-) because rowing was the main method of navigating the rivers of Eastern Europe, and could be linked to the Swedish coastal area of Roslagen (Rus-law) or Roden.[23][24] The name Rus' would then have the same origin as the Finnish and Estonian names for Sweden: Ruotsi and Rootsi.[24][25]"
While “lag” means law in Swedish it has nothing to do with the word law in this context. Lag also means “team” and in this context the crew that would row a ship.
Great point! 👍🏼@@cgnovice2969
@@cgnovice2969 Lag can also mean an area where a certain law applies, like Danelaw.
@ No lag doesn’t refer to an area where a law applies. It simply means ”law”. However in this case I most likely does not. Roslagen is a relatively late word, (15th century) and refers to a team of rowers. The ”ros” comes from the old word ”roden” which in turn likely comes from the old Norse word ”roðer” (rowing).
Swedish Vikings often used the rivers in Russia to sail to the Black sea and Mediterranean, establishing settlements and forts along the way.
There whas now Moskva. They can take Dna so they see 😅😅
And they went down to the place they called Miklagård, by others more known as Constantinople and nowadays as Istanbul.
20:18 Yes they voted , but the ppl that did not want to vote was taken from their home's at gun point .
So we can say that it was a bit forced on them to vote like now you vote yes or else feeling about it .
Do you have a source on that. That it was under gunpoint? Did not the states Donetsk/Donbas have an election that showed they wanted to be a part of Russia? They also speak Russian there. It´s easy to say that an election is rigged or under gunpoint. But is that a real fact? The reality is often more complicated than you think.
This says a lot about the world: ruclips.net/user/shorts52HIOtECfKY
You think they voted at gunpoint after ukraine has been fighting them since 2014? The people there hate ukraine more than russians do...
Not to be like that, but US is not much better.
@@st3pwise LOL if you compare US election with THAT election hmmm ok 😂😂😂
Pretty hilarious that there russians who still believe that that voting was legit when the Ukrainians are still fighting 3 years later!!!
Actually even Putin take about Rurik during his Tucker Carlsson interview. So he seems to say done if the story of Rurik as founder. He started to build Moscow according to Putin.
You know that before stpetersburg that was built in 1712 their was a town called Nyen between 1617-1702 so almost 100 years before peter the great even come and built stpetersburg .
The mentioned voting supposedly did take place, however, it was organised by Russia in territory occupied by Russia, so whether the results are the actual results and whether people gave their true opinion in the vote is impossible to know.
And those who fled had no say. If you ethnically cleanse an area after taking it by force, and have a vote under supervision of armed soldiers, it's going to take alot of balls to go down to the voting booth and throw a ballot to tell the armed man watching you to fuck off. Not to mention you probably won't be going back home that night.
The Rus',[a] also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD. Rus' is generally considered to be a borrowing from Finnic "Ruotsi" ("Sweden") - From Wikipedia
But they did set up trading stations long before the viking age (793 AD).
They knew how to build boats before "vendeltid" and the migration period.
The vikings just upgraded and perfected already known method.
@@ProgMannen The 8th century starts at year 700 so it indeed started before the vikings.
the Rus Vikings funded Kievan Rus that said Russia never belonged to Sweden , there was no Sweden back then , and Sweden didn't populate Russia, but there are quite a high level of Scandinavian dna in some areas in Russia and Kiev if I remember correctly 15% (in a few areas around former Viking settlements where they tested) Swedes in the Viking age were called Sveir/Svear, and Goths/Geats , however those in Russia were called Rus it's believed to come from the Finno-ugric word for Swede "Routsi"
Then explain the war in Poltava
@@clausfrom1420 ..... By Odin. If you know about Poltava.. You should also know what year that was... The Swedish Rus were in the year ~700 or something.
There is like 1000 years inbetween these events.
The reason why they don’t agree with the guy who is recording is because they’re scared of being prosecuted, they have passed laws in Russia where people who talks negatively about the conflict can be jailed and their relatives be prosecuted too
Probably, still interesting to witness how people think and reason. If they were truly against the ukraine war they could always say "I dont know much about history, but war is destructive" or something
It's a bit more complicated, yes Swedish vikings were known as rus, and they and their ancestors formed the Kievan Rus "empire", they were also known as Vargarians and were hired as guards in Bysantine.
Some claim that the word Rus stems from an area north of Stockholm (Roslagen) and that it means Rowing people, but it's hard to know since there are few sources.
Rus can also in a way be why Sweden in Finish is "Ruotsi".
But the thing is that countries didn't exist back then, it's a fairly modern concept.
There Varagnian guard was in large made up by the Rus. There is a written description in the Carolingian Annals of St-Bertin, by Louis the Pious after he received Varangian envoys from Theophilus where he is requesting safe passage for them (the Rus) through Louis realm on their way home. Here he describes them as “people from the (what they would then call today geographical Sweden).
Furthermore the Finish word for roarsmen and the word Roslagen most likely originated from the same word, “Roden”.
The vikings helped founded Kiewanrus, and with the trade route therefrom to Särkland (Iraq) the "arabs there said they were from Rus, wich became Rusland for the vikings.
Another form of authority was formed in Novogorod and they decided to form Moscovia with Moscow as capital.
Kiewanrus became Ukraine and Moscovia, well! Whats basically the origin of todays Russia but they also count RF as a part of russia.
To mess things up a bit. 1) Rurik founded the Kiev state. 2) A region in the east of Sweden is called "Roslagen", in Finland Sweden is called Ruotsi and Rurik is described in the Nestor Chronicle as coming from a people called "rus" (who was Svear/eastern "swedes" - remember there where no actual nordic contries at that time). Ros(lagen) - Ruotsi - Rurik - rus - Russia!
Sweden as it exists today didn't exist but Svithoid (Svíþjóð) was a large region/land that spans much of current Svealand, which had kings for several of the sub-regions as-well as some sources also claim that Svíþjóð also used to have a 'king of kings', who was voted by the different 'Tinget' in Svíþjóð to rule over the regional kings.
Its Kievan rus, so ruzzia belongs to Ukraine also.
And vice versa. Exactly what Putin says, when he goes historical.
@@herrbonk3635However ukrainan language is only 50% similar. Ukrainian is closer to polish or Czech language.
Ukraine was founded for the first time for 3 years 1918-1921 and then again in 1991....before that it belonged to the mongols, muskovites , tatars and kossacks in different turns
@roberthbeer7154 ..and they had communism/anarchism those three years....
Kievan Rus is what later became Russia, after they moved. Ukraine is what got left here, or rather got occupied by some criminal groups and then formed their criminal structure, known as “Ukraine”
Yes. The Rus is of Swedish origin
then they got basically 🍇and mixed up and hence 🔩
The first Swedish princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter from Sigtuna in Sweden married Yaroslav the wise and later became known in Russia as Saint Avnna of novgorod.
The area where saint petersburg are located was swedish territory as long as until 1702. Thats not that long ago.
and Putin was born there, so he is properly a subject of the Swedish King. He's a usurper in Russia but Russia should not exist, it should all be Sweden.
Better start learning Swedish and give back our land Ruskies. Those that don't like it have to move east of the Ural mountains.
@@karlbro7287Russia has Mach 11 nukes. What nukes do you have? Oh, ZERO nukes.
Go and hug Greta Thunberg.
We can have the grounds of Saint Petersburg back, The rest of Russia is not needed. I dont want it.
I think the Swedes should try a Russia as the argument for Russia to get the f out of Ukraine. Putin like talking history when it comes to Ukraine, so maybe mr. Tucker should go have an interview with a Swedish politician that can tell us all about this, for Putin to hear. That would make not only my day, but my year.
USA should go first.
Putin is a hypocrite. "waaah waaah you use long distance missiles on me, it's not fair!" while he uses long distance missiles on those he makes war with. Pathetic they have leader being that much of a hypocrite.
Ukraine has been fighting the areas russia is holding for over a decade. So who needs a history lesson? Anyway Putins history lesson with tucker is pretty much we have no reason except stupid reasons to fight. Ukraine started killing people though. Russia threatened war since 2014 if they did not stop..
The Swedish name was Ruser and Baltic countries and Finland call Sweden/ Swedes Ruotsi and Rootsi. Ruserna came from an area of Sweden by the coast called Roslagen, so you can see the ressemblance in the names. In the East Ruserna was called Rus.
There were people living in those part in the east but it started with Rutenien that was around the river Dnepr that been a highway for Swedish vikings. Later they populated it and started smal trade villages. Rutenien was a mix of people and they were called Rusiner and in the 900's it was a vast area with trade between the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea all started by the Swedish vikings. Later all this became the Kievan empire and was first called Kievrutenien and Kievrus:
However Novogrod or as "Ruserna" called it "Holmgård" was the cradle of today's Russia and not Kyiv as they say. Russia always rewrite anything to fit their history or narrative. Kyiv is something the Russians tried to take since around 1100.
Also Sweden had the Varangians that was the more well known vikings back then but the Swedish vikings focused more on trading then fighting but they for sure fought a lot. There is a reason that Varangians "Väringagardet" was an elite unit of the Byzantine army, Swedish vikings along with other Norsemen recruited as personal bodyguards to the Byzantine emperors. The Varangians came mostly from Sveariket ( a part of Sweden ) but later on took on Norsemen from the other parts an later on even Anglo-Saxons.
So even if Swedish vikings is not as sexy as Norwegian or Danish the Swedish have a long history and have made history. Sadly Russia became what it is today and I wonder what it would have become if Sweden just left them alone.
Novgorod wasn't exclusive slavic. There lived lots of swedish/finnish tribes. So russias claim to "novgorod" is really questionable.
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Yes I know, it was my "comment" on that Russians in the interview said Kyiv ( Kyivan Russ ) was the cradle or capital of Russia. When in fact Novgorod got more of a claim.
Still, like you say Novgorod was home to many Swedes/ Finns, Balts as well.
First it was called "Holmgård" in Swedish or old Swedish, then in around 860 Rurik called the area "Ruriksborg". Then his family named what to day is Novgorod "Nystad" that translated to English means "New town".
So my point is that historians call Novgorod the cradle of Russia while Russians ( when they as usual rewrite history ) call Kyiv/ Ukraine/ Kievanrus for the cradle of Russia.
@@AndyWoohoo666 Well, the cradle of the christian orthodox part of russian culture, was in the Kievan Rus. So it's not entirely wrong.
Fair point.
@@AndyWoohoo666 I don't listen to people who claim that Russia invaded Ukraine totally unprovoked. The whole West parrots the same nonsense. We heard the same in the Iraq war regarding WMDs. And that Gadaffi killed his own people. And Sweden like most of Europe has banned Russia today. Are you so D afraid so you won't allow what the other part is saying? And now you will tell me it's pRoPaGaNdA and I will tell you to take your ball and go home 😂
The namn RUS describes People originating from Roslagen, (around Stockholm) - we still use the term Roslagen
Yes, it just depends on how far back you have to count. Kyiv was formed, among other things, by vikings from the rose team in Sweden who were called Ruser. And that was before Russia even existed. But that applies to Ukraine, not Russia. So Sweden was ahead of Russia in Ukraine.
Vikings founded the first Tsardome of Russia as well.
And ahead of USA in U...
Vikings made kiev and formed russia. Austria and poland had their empires and eventualy convinced people in kiev they are special and should call themself somthering else than russian. After WW1 I suppose lenin helped with his whole russian revolution. But people in kiev were so fascinated by him that eventualy they declared him their dear leader.... A few million deaths later and the germans having some dear leader with other ideas coming to kill with the help of bandera some more milliions who refused to work with them or were impure and not real ukrainians in a way that even the dear leader in germany kinda disliked because he wanted more soldiers for the front instead of more dead impure scum... Then it suffered under soviets who killed everyone who worked with the funny mustache man. Eventualy the big centralized goverment of soviet tumbled under corruption and stupid decisions. And the local corrupt people took charge of their own destiny expanded the so called historical borders and said now everything would be better. The americans got involved and had some ngos and stuff inflame old hatreds and supported some dude who just could not wait a month or 2 for electtions to seize power causing russians to "protect" people in crimea. And when people in eastern ukraine saw people running around killing people and not getting punished.... Well they also started to feel more russian and kiev started bombing them for it.Eventualy causing russia to get involved. Long complicated history with lots of death and hate to go around and that is the recent history.
Reference to later events where Sweden was somewhat larger.
The Battle of Poltava (in Ukraine) in 1709 decided the Great Nordic War. During the battle, Charles XII's Swedish field army was defeated by the Russians led by Tsar Peter the Great (Peter I). After the battle, Charles XII left the defeated army and set off for Turkey (Ottoman Empire).
Rurik from Roslagen in todays Uppland was asked by the slavic tribes around Kyiv to help them found a nation. So he went there with his brother in 830 AD and founded Kyivan Rus. It was also called Rossia because of the the influx of people from Roslagen ( ROS law) Sweden. Sweden is therefore called Ruotsi in Finnish and Rootsi in Estonian. When the Danish Vikings went to England they called it Danelagen in English Danelaw.
The Rus were, according to some sources. from the region called Roslagen north of Stockholm. They founded Kievan-Rus, which strictly speaking isn't Russia, but Russia originated out of Kievan-Rus.
I'm Swedish and took a DNA test recently because I was a bit curious. It turned out that I was 50% Swedish and 25% Ukrainian... The rest was a little Norway and US... That part with Ukraine was a surprise, maybe that's why I started to dislike Putin. It's probably in the genes...
I have mixed heritage and Russia is currently occupying land where i have ancestry from. Hope to see my 2nd country free and also belarus. 🤞
I'm 50% Finn, 40% Swede and 10% Scottish. From Finland....
Perhaps you should try loving Putin, he is your neighbor. ☝️
I bet it was propaganda.
@europopmartov8268 As soon as he stops being a warmonger.
I've read a couple of theorys...
1. (it is said that ..) Rurik created the settlement of Novgorod (named Holmgård in our storys from that time, during the Viking era)
2. the finnish-tribes called them "Rus" they who rowed the boats towards the east.
3. It's said they (Rurik and company) came from west, the now a days Sweden, Denmark even some say from the baltic countries.
4 There is a connection later on between sweden and novgorod, the king "Olof Skötkonung" and "Anna the holy" as Anna was related to Olof. Baptised as " Ingegerd Olofsdotter. Even to the Kievan Rus thanks to Anna.
but who knows what is true...
But there were abvoius trade connections and travels, I'm guessing it went both ways also.
The first known people to set foot on Russian territory were called the Cimmerians. They ruled between 1000 and 700 BCE and were followed by the Scythians in 700 BCE. The Scythian nomads established a military state and defeated the Persians, but were nonetheless conquered by the Sarmatians in 3 BCE.
Swede here. There are two theories about the Rus. The first and mostly accepted theory is that Rurik was from Roslagen. The second and less known theory is that he was from northern Germany.
This was new thing for me as a Finn as I thought Sweden and Russia fought over us since forever 😊😅
But 100 year old countries isn't odd thing. Our country turns 107 next week, and there is a lot of younger countries as well.
20:12 / 23:13
they voted to be russian after russia had taken crimea by force... so not rly a fair vote one could say pressure was applied
No it wasnt only that..That election was infact rigged/illegal/forced..
From Al Jazeera News(Because its not a "Western media")
They ask residents for their IDs and nudge them to fill in an early ballot form with the names of four candidates in Russia’s presidential election, current and former residents of the occupied areas told Al Jazeera.
One of the candidates is Vladimir Putin, who is all but certain to win his fifth election, and the remaining three presidential hopefuls are figureheads from pro-Kremlin parties whose participation is widely understood by observers as an attempt to create an illusion of choice.
The Ukrainians rarely refuse to fill in the ballot for a very persuasive reason - a masked, gun-toting Russian serviceman towering next to the official and a car filled with more armed men nearby, Al Jazeera has learned.
The “voting” usually takes place near the entrance of an apartment, and the election official along with the armed soldier can see whose name is ticked off on the ballot.
The few Ukrainians who refused to vote or badmouthed the election have been rounded up and taken to “basements”, as informal prisons are known in Russia-occupied parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, according to the Eastern Human Rights Group, a Ukrainian watchdog.
The rights group and the three Ukrainians Al Jazeera interviewed for this article, whose full names will not be used for safety reasons, reported the threat of guns at polling stations in the occupied regions.
So the only way to safely say “no” is to keep the door closed to election officials and avoid the polling stations that opened on Friday, the first day of Russia’s three-day election.
“Nobody touches” those who stay at home, said a former resident of the Russia-occupied southern town of Enerhodar who fled to Kyiv but is in constant contact with her family and friends at home.
The reason is simple - vote-rigging, which has been documented in Russia in previous elections and is widely expected to be even more pronounced in the occupied parts of Ukraine.
So its all a fckin sham
They voted to be russian after porochenko took ukraine by force, with senators and ambassadors from usa inciting a insurrection supporting him, russia only convinced them that beeing russian had more beneftis. But that is crimea. A sovereign country older than ukraine. I think this guy is talking about eastern ukraine after fighting ukraine for a decade chosing to become a part of russia with western supplied artillery raining down on them..
5:02 The rus brothers was ¨Swedish¨ vikings and ppl he lead was from the same area so 😁
A 1000 years ago relax now.....We have runestones about eastern travels from the viking age. The Rurik narrative is very blurry and controversial.
Rus is from Roslagen in Sweden
4:12 What "same logic"? Where exactly did P said U belongs to R?
11:02 haha even Titanic sunk more than 100 years ago.. 100 years is like you say, not a long time
Sweden also "owned" Norway before we "gave" the country back. In the Swedish-Norwegian union, the two countries had separate state administrations but a common king and foreign policy. During the 19th century, Norwegian opposition to the union grew, but it was not until 1905 that it was dissolved and Norway became independent.
On 7 January 1814, about to be overrun by Swedish, Russian, and German troops under the command of the elected crown prince of Sweden, King Frederick VI of Denmark agreed to cede Norway to the king of Sweden in order to avoid an occupation of Jutland. This means the Swedish, Russian and German troops threatened to take Copenhagen. So in the end the Danish King forced Norway to be ruled under the Swedish flag. And knowing that it took that long for Denmark to loose their grip on Greenland i think that the Swedes owning Norway woud have given freedom to Norway way sooner then the Danes woud have. Acually i belive Denmark woud have kept Norway until today.
BTW Sweden (including Finland) and Russia has fought 32 wars against each other
Also Ingegerd jugoslav was the daughter of the first swedish christian king Olof skötskunugn. Ingegerd got marrid to Jaroslav a king in Kiev. She got four kids one of them named Izjaslav Gerturd, fuanded the russian tzar family.
Yeah, Ukraine too. Even in Finnish the word for Sweden is similar to Russia, the rus viking.
3:40 The irony, Kievan Rus... yeah, Swedes.
5:45 What!? Swedish vikings were just as much vikings as the others, was just less and shorter time.
6:15 WTH? This lady was saying Russia belongs to no one but then Ukraine belongs to Russia... Holy shit.
As a swed I learned this in school but they never said anything about Russia being a part of Sweden but I know thta Scandinavia and finland was Sweden that’s the only thing I know
Swedes, "Svear och götar, och hälsingar", "Sviar & Goetar" went in both directions.
Example, in Östergötland, on the Eastern side of Sweden, the side on the Baltic, there are like eight Viking runestones, four are about going east, four are about going west, like England, "Ilati". People further north were more likely to go east, since it was closer.
People on the west coast were more likely to go in that direction, to the southwest, the North Sea, the British Isles and France and wherever. They all traded and raided around the Baltic, and along the rivers, or went south or east to take service and make silver and gold.
In old Russian annals and chronicles, Rurik is described as a Varangian Rus', or overseas. In the 12th-century Chronicle of Nestor, the Varangians are associated with the Swedes or other northern peoples, such as the Angles and Goths. Rurik's arrival in Russia sometime after 862 would fit in with the Viking raids, and he could have been a prominent Scandinavian warlord.[1]
its like this Sweden had an army outpost where St Petersburg now is, Peter the great took it and still today when your in St Petersburg you can visit a replica of thet outpost
You have the Gohts in crimea under Theodoric.. his was family ties goes to Sweden Östergötland.. The lombards who emigrated into northern Italy in te (568-636).. they are the 200.000 Winnili who became The Langobards "Lombards in Italy" who actually originated from Scania "Sweden" which started in the 1st century ad due to overpopulation.. where they first took rugen and roamed Northern Baltikum mixing in with German tribes later moved in to Italy and sacked their nobility when Venice played out its opponent The Byzantine arcade.
the rus were swedish vikings, the first ever documented viking raid were from the Swedes
The viking culture and mentality and language was exactly the same - Harald hårdråde went with Swedish Vikings to Miklagård ( Constantinopel ) and later became king of Norway 🇳🇴 later killed in the battle of Hasting in England
I think we first came to todays Ukraine and established Kiev and one of us (from Rus (Roslagen outside Stockholm) went up north, to todays russia (whatever that is)
Rurik was a rus (a rower or from Roslagen/Roden or redheaded(Routsi)) maybe rus=drunk) united slavic tribes around Kiev. Before that there were Wikings around in that area. This was logic, because The Wikings had trading routes to the black sea and caspian sea. This unit probably made Kievian Rus safer and wealthier. There are several Runestones telling about the travel to the east. Ingvar the fartraveller was one who has 26 runestones about him. Arabic coins from the wiking age is the most common coin find in swedish wiking soil. Many Proof of Historical finds around Kiev is of scandinavian origin. DNA says also that there was finnish blood in the Rurik dynasty. The Rus ruled for a long time, maybe also partly before Rurik. Some professors says that many slavic tribes wanted to be allied with the swedes rather than to fight them. Novgorod(800-) and Kiev became a mercantile center. Karl IX concurred Novgorod 1611 and it belonged to sweden to 1617. The kings in this time had many mercenaries fighting, so probably genes from all over europe have come to these places.
I love your sass in this video
Putin may claim that Ukraine belong to Russia historically, but Russia belong to Sweden historically. So when are you coming back to us Russia? hmm
Nestor was a monk in Kiev, that lived 1056-1113, and wrote the Chronicles of Kiev, and that the country around there was established by the Viking Rurik, so he lived only a hundred years after a swedish princess married a king in Kiev, which was decended from Vikings. Notice that Sweden and Ukraine are the only two countries with Blue&Yellow flags !? So, in the early Middle Ages, the forfathers of the Russians were actually living further to the East. Vikings were traiders mainly in the western parts (today Ukraine and Belarus). Their capital 'Moskov' is actually not a russian word, but Finnish-Ugrian, that is the people that today only live in Finland, Estonia and Hungary. The slaves pushed these earlier people away, pretty late in history. Today people are very mixed up everywhere.
Yes, Sweden did settle Russia, but were later conquered and those conquer were also conquered, and those conquerors were overthrown, and they are the current Russia. But there is definitely Swedish blood in Russians, yes. This did happen during early viking times if I remember correctly, it is the same as the first discovers of America are also vikings, and they did have a settlement there, but never really colonized it. Also, this was the viking age, Sweden did not exist yet and there was no unified country yet, so what he founded indeed does not really belong to Sweden.
Nestor was a Swedish viking king who was living in Kiew for long time
Russia is a hellhole, I would never want it, Sincerly a swedish person who has been to russia.
Not at all. It's lovely in many parts, just like the rest of eastern europe.
The russian political system is a hellhole and a prison. But the russian people are a very warmhearted and kind people. But they have been oppressed for a long time.
@herrbonk3635 😂😂
We would make it great. We know how to build countries. Russia does not, that's why it's not as good as it could be.
We do used too own the grounds were Saint Petersburg stands until the 1700's so we can have that back. The rest of russia we dont want.
Our Swedish kings Gustav II Adolf (the Lion of the North) and Karl VII, also took land east of the Baltic sea during 1600-1700.
What if Rome wants its empire back?
What if the germanic tribes wants its empire back?
@@OliwerDanielsson-q8w fight fight fight?
Your rant about Ukraine around the the 16 minute mark gives me hope for humanity. Thank you for still being a descent, moral and compassionate person. That's a choice! 👍🇺🇦🇸🇪
Have you ever thought about that "your side" could actually be the side that is immoral and rotten? Of course it's always the other's who are in the wrong...
@IwillEndureToTheEnd If Ukraine stops fighting Ukraine stops existing. If Russia stops fighting, the war is over. Russia invaded Ukraine. I don't know how to make it more clear what side is the immoral and rotten one.
It’s okay 👍🏻🇸🇪 We DO NOT WANT ANYTHING FROM ruzzia 👍🏻💙💛
Yes you guessed right with the vikings. Apparently Sweden was involved in the founding of new states, that would later become Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Im a little curious about this topic, but havent found that much info about it.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Sweden_relations
ruclips.net/video/zHPLFHHGk-o/видео.html
Swedish ”Vikings” norsemen is the same as the others, they went both west and East. But what we know is that Sweden was more of the religiouse center of scandinavia, more religouse sures and items have been found in sweden then the rest of scandinavia (from the viking age)
The word viking can be a bit misleading. Some scholars has speculated that the word started out as a vierb and became over time a noun. So if we accept that to be the case then yes the Rus were viking, and in this case, predominantly swedish vikings. The best source I can come up with is Timothy Snyder. He's a history professor at Yale University, and has written extensively on the history of eastern europe primarily Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. He's been studyin this subject since the 80's, so he's a bit of an expert. There's a lecture somewhere on RUclips where he gives a comprehensive account on the russian/ukrainian history from the very beginning with the Kievan Rus and up to the current conflict. As I can recall his account pretty much says the same: The Kievan Rus was founded by swedish vikings, and the Kievan empire came to include at least the heartland of Russia including what later would come to be known as Moscow.
It is written in in "The primary chronicle" by a monk called Nestor. You should also check out Nyenskans, founded 1611 in the area then called Ingria (belonging to the swedes), this is where St Petersburg is now located. That fact is really funny when Putin mentions to what borders he want to go back to.
Humanity... We own this, you own that. Just be f-ing greatful to have seen anything. As far as we know we have just a very, very short period of time living here. What happens after that, no one (of us) knows. It seems to be so f-ing hard to be kind and respectful… I feel like I’m done here, honestly. I saw things, I was amazed, I loved, (still do), I hated, I cried, I laughed, I missed and I appreciated… And eventually I’ll die thankfull. Good night, to all of you♥️
Rurik was from the oboties tribe from current day Pommorania (meaning coastal area) in slavic language.
Sweden: "Russia once belonged to Sweden. We are simply taking it back".
Putin: 👀
The area now called Russia, Belarus an Ukraine had two names in old Norse during the Vikning age:
1) "Gárdarikki" which means "realm of enclosures" as it had fortified towns (known as "grad" in slavic languages) with walls. Gárd in old norse is sometthin enclosed with a fense or a wall.
2) "Svitjod hinn mikkla" meaning "the big Sweden". Svi/Sve/Swe is the name of the tribe living around lake Mälaren in Sweden. Tjod/tjoð/þiuþ means tribe or people and is not a single political entity but a entity based on common ancetors. You could be a member of the Swe tribe without being a subject to the Swe-king. Hinn mean "the" in old Norse. Mikkla means big, great and much. Mikklagárd were the name of Byzantium/Constaninople/Istanbul and meant "the big enclosure" i.e the city with the big walls. This name "Svitjod hinn mikkla" is known from historical sources and is yet another indicator that Rurik and his clan originated in Sweden.
However if we disregard the oldest history there are lands i Russia tha used to belong to Sweden in the 1600 and so modern as the 1800s. The site of St Petetsburg were orginally a Swedish fortification. The castle called "Nöteborg" (Nut-castle?) is on an island in a river north east of St Petersburg, not to long from Starya Ladoga. We also have the city Viborg (meaning the castle at the Vi, which were a pagan cultsite in pre-christian times) that Russia took from Finland in the Winter War (or if it was the Continuation War). If Sweden were to use the same type of claimes as Putin then most of Lenigrad oblast would rightfully belong to Sweden.
But then there is also the fact that several Swedish kings were closely related to the Russian tzars, so close that they could have claims on the throne.
Why is Sweden such a russofobic country and why is your media 100 % hellbent on demonizing Russia and Putin?
I don't think we want Russia, I rather think Swedes would like one of the Canary Islands and a piece of Thailand :D
I could consider Siberia and the Kola peninsula.
😂😅
Rus are vikings, it's what swedish vikings got called! It's likeley that the finnish people named Sweden/swedes for Ruotsi becuase of the Rus-vikings, Ruotsi could be translated to row as in rowing a boat and it relates to the long ships that the vikings had.
Swedish vikings went east so countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus etc. and even further to arabs nations. I think arabs might of called swedish vikings for Rus instead of vikings. It's believed that the Rus vikings gave Russia and Belarus their names.
Nestor realy means the oldest/the most experienced/(the wisest). In this case though it's a reference to "Nestor the Chronicler" or "Nestor the Hagiographer" who wrote the so called "Primary Chronicle", the chronicle of the Kievan Rus basically.
true. The governor of Norrtälje north of stockholm is the one Putins should talk to
in the Caucasus and on the Black Sea. In the 850s AD, the East Slavic state of Kiev was founded,
and in Novgorod (Holmgård) Swedish Vikings under Rurik formed another center of power (Gårdarike).
After Kiev also fell under the Rurik dynasty, the kingdom grew, and at the end of the 9th century it was Christianized by missionaries from Byzantium (Östrom)
If anyone wants to learn more about the "Swedish Claims" on "Russia"
There is 3 Kingdoms you should learn about:
Novogorod (Holmgården)
Ruthenia (Königsgården)
Muscovia (What later won the wars against the other 2)
And a Empire: is the Title you have when ruling more then 1 Kingdom.
Sweden have Historical claims to 2 out of Russian Empires like ~25 Kingdoms.
The Russian Empire will always have Claims on their lesser titles to stay an Empire.
We in the west want these Kingdoms to remain Kingdoms, and not get absorbed into the Empire again.
I mean i guess most of you guys seen "Asterix and Obelix" movies, about the little village fighting against the Roman Empire. Ukraine is Asterix and Obelix and Russia is Rome, to draw paralels.
The difference from other Historical Empires is that they have nukes.
When Empires crumble, chaos will follow. Look at Europe after the Collapse of Roman Empire. The Germanic Tribes Migrated South and changed History forever. Look at the historical locations of Lombards, Burgundys, Angles, Saxons etc.
I do pray for the Fall of the Russian Empire. But i am also very worried about what follows. I am glad we wont be alive for the most part of that chaos.
Nestor was a monk in Kiev in the 12th century. He claimed to have lived 1056-1113. His chronicle is about the area around Kiev from the Big Flood (you know, the one in the Bible) up until the year 1110.
All of scandinavia did have vikings. But Sweden at its largest was the Swedish Empire, holding Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, parts of Norway, part of Russia(including even St. Petersburg), parts of the Netherlands and parts of Germany.
The only reason that they lost was because, Russia, Poland, Denmark-Norway(at the time a union) and I also believe Prussia(German predecessor). All of these teamed up on Sweden and eventually they lost the war, losing everything but the modern Swedish territories.
Sweden had the Göthi, Svea, and the Roos tribes, and also a ton of Danish tribes in the southern part. Svearna subdued Göthi, and a few of the Danish tribes, and also defeated the Roos who originated on Åland. The roos migrated eastward and eventually founded the Kievan Rus, the Muscovny Rus and a few other lands by simply taking over the slavic tribes, ruling them, and ruling WELL. Meanwhile Sweden consolidated into a modern national state, and spent half a millenium fighting wars with Denmark. Today the achipelago from Stockholm through Åland to Finland is still referred to as "Roslagen" which means the land where the ros made the law, = ruled. The Roos really only ruled for about a century before they were absorbed into the slavic culture, but their legacy is the foundation of the states that eventually became Russia. It is quite possible that the Göthi also were part of the same bigger Goth culture that spawned the fall of Rome... We nordics have ALWAYS been meddlesome!
that woman in 6:21 talks about the kieven rus that where a nation made up by people with vicking ansastry in kiev and novgorod
they held referendums in part of these territories (with a majority being russian aligned citizens) that overwhelmingly wanted to belong to russia instead of ukraine. I think it was above 95% in favour in the Luhansk region.
Some places in Russia and Ukraine still bear swedish names until today. There’s even a village in Ukraine were the people of it speak ancient Swedish.
Yes.. The name Rus.. Has the same etymological beginning as the Finnish word Ruotsi.. Meaning Swedes from Roslagen.....
The Rus', also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD.
Watching Russians being interviewed is like watching Jaywalking on Jay Leno show... it's so silly I don't know if I should be scared or laugh my ass off. A whole nation brainwashed... quite an accomplishment.
The Varangians founded Russia. There are still towns and areas in Russia with Swedish names. Check Gammelsvenskby for example.
Archaeological excavations at Ladoga in Russia have confirmed that the building style and remains correspond to those found in Jutland, Denmark in the mid-8th century......
Maybe we should claim what is rightfully ours 😜
I knew this and the idea crossed my mind already but its brilliant to hear a Russian highlight this.
There were no people who called themselves vikings. Rather people would go viking.
In general I have learnt that Swedish Vikings mostly went east, but Danish and Norwegian Vikings went west.
Its true and i think many sweeds know this that are into history
So Swedish Vikings founded Russia... Something they did not even THANK US FOR.
This actually happens before the Viking age, something calls Vendel time, it’s in the iron age.
The Swedish Vikings, often called Varjagers or Rus, sailed eastward and settled mainly along rivers such as the Dnieper and Volga during the 8th century and beyond. They established trade routes and settlements in areas that today correspond to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. An important center became Novgorod and later Kiev, where they helped found what is known as the Kingdom of Kiev (or Kyivan Rus), a precursor to today's Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
Years and events
• 862 AD: According to the Russian chronicle "The Chronicle of Nestor", Rurik, a leader of the Varangians, was called to rule over Novgorod. This is seen as the beginning of the Russian state.
• 882 AD: Oleg, one of Rurik's successors, conquered Kiev and made it the capital of the Kievan Empire.
The name "Russia"
The name "Rus" is believed to come from the Swedish Vikings, who in Finnish were called "Ruotsi" (a term that originally referred to Roslagen, an area in Sweden). It is uncertain whether the Vikings themselves used the term, but their presence seems to have given rise to the name later used for the region.
The Swedes' role in naming
There is still debate about how much influence the Swedish Vikings had on the name itself and the state's development. It is clear that Scandinavians played an important role in shaping the early Slavic state and its trade structures, but they were quickly assimilated into the local culture and formed only part of the wider development.
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Hi, I'm a Swede, and in history, we were Vikings just as much as Denmark and Norway. Yes, Norway and Denmark were the most aggressive, which is why they are historically mistaken for being the only Vikings. This is not true-Sweden was Viking just like Norway and Denmark. An interesting thing about Viking history is that Sweden is one of the reasons we are known for being Vikings. Why, you may ask? Well, it’s because of how traditional Swedish Vikings were, especially in preserving Norse mythology. Sweden is Scandinavia's biggest history book of the Vikings because of all the ruins and historical sites we have, for example. I do understand your theory, but it is not accurate. By the way, Sweden hates Russia and always has. Victory to Ukraine!
Also i feel really bad for the russian people, even those on the frontline. May god be with all of the husbands and fathers for ukrain and russia. Pray that this war ends.
I think the reason why vikings from Denmark and Norway is more recognized and well known is partly because it was England and Ireland they invaded. Nations closer to us and have a language more mutual Intelligibility, they very much wrote down everything historically. Do you think arab nations or Russia would admit that the Rus vikings once invaded them? Swedish vikings were buissnessmen too and body guards aswell but that is not known.
I think Norway and Denmark, especially Denmark cared more about politics too than the swedish vikings so the impact they had was stronger just for getting involved in politics while the Swedish vikings were vikings the longest. It did not help that most info or things about swedish vikings got burned down by christians. Most is forgotten!
@@alvdansen7172 swedish vikings was also in Scotland and England
@@tbagsss I think danish and norwegian vikings went there more often, swedish vikings went there too but far less of them since swedish vikings specifically went more east. There were less swedish vikings overal and if swedish vikings were in England they mostly were in a pact or were short term allies with the danes.
Am I wrong? Did the Rus vikings go just as much to England, Ireland and Scotland as the other vikings?
I am a swed and I think we should hold a referendum in Russia!
Dwayne. The Kiew/rus area was founded by swedish vikings. They intermixed with the local people.
The rus people were vikings coming from the northern part of stockholm Roslagen (Norrtälje etc). The last people to turn to christianity.
30% of russian is old viking language.
Christianization of Kievan Rus' happend 988. If thats the people ur talking about. Blotsven from svearna was the last pagan leader in Sweden he died 1088 by king Inge den äldre of svearna.
@OliwerDanielsson-q8w Sure but I meant vikings living in Roslagen. They kept their asa faith the longest of all vikings in Sweden. The last strong hold if you will.
@@Ulf-qg1vd Do u have any evidence for this? Genuine question as i have read almost all the sources. And never found anything close to this.
@OliwerDanielsson-q8w It is a claim from locals. Ros and rus are similar words right?
@ Well if we stick to facts rus or ros or ”roslagen” has nothing to do with the organsation of swedish vikings who went east. We were called Varangians or väringar in swedish. Rus or Ruotsi is the name we got from other people. Therefore: ”Varangian Rus” So to answer your question: No. Varangians was a big organisation which even the swedish king were involved and invested in, we operated across the east of scandinavia. Even Harald Hadrada the norwegian king went to the varangians to gain experience.
Many Swedish who went a viking did go west, but predominantly they had most trading routes south and east and it kinda naturally unfolded to us using them routes for going viking (going viking was also going trading, not necessarely going head bashing :) Also those trading routes were established well before the viking age...
According to some sources there was too much civil conflict in the region and several tribes asked the Rus people to establish order, safety and stability. In that case the Swedes were elected as the legal government of the region =)