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 ..
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...
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..
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,❤🤗🇸🇪
"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]"
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 .
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.
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"
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.
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!
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)
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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).
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.
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...
There is a great Yale Course with Timothy Snider about the making of modern Ukraine. It's on YT and it's about 20 clips a 45min. ruclips.net/p/PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_&si=vm5Ok-ECqridwqZq
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......
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
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”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Black, talks about what belongs to what. Isn’t it ironic. You can’t even name what country you belong to, nor today or historically, so maybe let them decide their history, especially when we talking about Russia, the only modern country that actually knows and respects its origins.
Nah, he´ll just treaten with nukes and then crickets like the other 70 or so times he´s done it to everyone the past 2 years. And my bet is like at most 10% of all the nukes stored are usable/operational anyway. He´s like the inferior loud mouth hiding behind the bully´s back, fear mongering is the best he can muster as his actual man & unit power getting embarrased considering the amount sent to in Ukraine, and 50% of the times just by their own screw ups xD
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.
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.
Rurik are a swedish viking from 800 that founded Kiev realm. We from sweden are more relativ to britts pepole than russia pepole. Dublin and York are founded by vikings. Harald barfota founded Dublin. Some word have english taken from vikings like Window.
I would honestly advice against getting frustrated. It's rather common to hear people call "western people" hypocrites, yet 1420's videos are full of such people with very few exceptions. Paper Skies made great video about the nature of the Russian propaganda which explains it quite well.
This exciting and mythical story is about the Swedish Viking chieftain Rurik and his ruse. You don't really know much about the Swedish Vikings because they didn't record anything about themselves. Rurik probably died in 879. He is a legendary Varangian prince who is considered the founder of Russia. According to the most comprehensive writing about this time, the 12th-century Chronicle of Nestor, which was probably written by a Russian monk, the tribes around Kiev had been ruled by the Swedes for a long period. The Swedes ravaged and took taxes from the people, and finally the tribal people revolted and threw the Swedes out. But the East Slavic tribes in the Kievan Rus' kingdom were divided, and finally they recalled the Swedish prince Rurik and his Rus to bring order to the kingdom again. So all this can be read in Nestor's Chronicle, which was written almost 300 years after it had happened. Whether it was Rurik who was summoned by the Russian tribesmen or whether he simply conquered and retook Russia cannot be certain. Rurik is said to have founded Novgorod in 862 and he and his family then ruled in Russia until 1598 and Ivan the Terrible was the last regent of Rurik's family. The Swedish Vikings were called Varjagers and Värings, but it is not known for sure what the historical and geographical connections look like. So it is with much of the history from this time. The most detailed that is recorded is what can be read in the medieval Chronicle of Nestor.
not whole russia, just a bart of russia. Sweden was the worlds strongest super power back in time and we had norway, finland, part of russia, denmark, part of germany and down to polen etc. this was long long time ago // me from sweden
I think it's a sensitive subject. But the swedish vikings at least was partly involved in the founding of some citys in Russia. The question is how big a part they played, Thoose places were probably melting pots with a lot of different people involved. Even if some swedish vikings held some leading positions at some time they were almost certainly a small minority and were quickly assimilated into the bigger slavic groups. The word RUS is supposed to refer to the people living in the arcipelago between Sweden and Finland. And the word is supposed to mean rowing people. And the the Finnish word for Sweden is Routsi wich come from this RUS word
How are we different to norway or denmark? We are practically the same? Sweden has the most rune stones overall in scandinavia. dedicated to fallen warriors etc. What makes us different is that we didn't go west, we went east.
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 Vikings built Europe's largest empire They came from Scandinavia and created Europe's largest and richest empire in what is now Russia and Ukraine. Here they get the full background of the mighty Rus Empire and learn why the influence of the Vikings on the first Russian state formation is still very controversial in Russia today. From the middle of the seventh century, Swedes and other Scandinavians began to seek their way east. The target was rivers such as the Volga, Dnieper and Volchov in today's Russia. For several hundred years, the Eastern Vikings and their descendants came to trade, conquer cities such as Novgorod and Kiev, and make their way as far as Constantinople and Baghdad. The city eventually took over the role of Gorodishtje and became the place where the Scandinavians traveled when they went east. Here, both the Slavic and the Scandinavian elite could buy the most exclusive goods - for example, it was precisely in Novgorod that the Norwegian king Olav Haraldsson, later called the saint, bought the fine silk fabrics and furs he was dressed in at the beginning of the 11th century . Novgorod grew steadily under the rule of the Russians and, among other things, got a fine road network made of pine planks. The route of the streets was unchanged right up until the 18th century when Empress Catherine II dictated that many Russian cities, e.g. Novgorod, would get a new city plan. Kyiv became the capital On the trade route to the south, the Russians used small, agile ships with room for 10-20 men. The ships were so light that they could be lifted up and dragged from one river to another. One of the places where the Vikings pulled their ships over land was at the town of Gnjozdovo, which was a few kilometers west of present-day Smolensk. From here the Vikings could sail unimpeded along the Dnieper to Kyiv and on to the Black Sea. If they pulled the ships over to the nearby Daugava River, they could sail north to the Gulf of Riga.
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
Related and related. I Don't know much about the history (as in whether Swedes founded Russia) beyond generally speaking that we were there, and the name is a hinky word originating from scandinavia.. but.. but ethnologically most of Russia is absolutely more Slavic than Nordic.. I think it would be more apt to say we had influence on the shape and settlements in the area during crucial parts of the formation of the nation than us actually forming the nation.. As in.. it's a bit more dynamic than us founding it, and we probably had the lesser influence... but that is more of an "opinion" based on comparably limited insight... Better than no insight, but I am probably in the earlier stages of Dunning-Kruger here.
It's actually better than that. The "Swedish" viking followed The Gulf of Finland into the area of present day Saint Peters-burg and continued down the river systems to Kiev to make their main settlement here. They mixed with the local population and became the Kiev-Rus. The very people who became the Ukrainians. The Kiev-Rus later expanded north replacing the people of the Novgorod area and founded the city Veliky Novgorod in around 859 CE. It might have had an earlier incarnation as Holmgard from when the Viking moved down to Kiev, but this isn't established as fact yet. This makes Russia and Russians not Swedish but Ukraine and Ukrainians. On 12 March 1610, the Russo-Swedish army broke the siege of Moscow and were welcomed into the city by Tsar Vasili, so for a while Sweden did in fact 'own' Russia. Vasili were the last Tsar of the Rurik-dynasty and died two year later in Gostynin, Poland.
Sweden had Vikings they raided the East and formed some of todays countries they even raided the most protected cities back the Constantinople and won if thats not Vikings then no one ever has been vikings Norway and Denmark was in the west and Sweden in the East
It's a joke in Sweden. The logic is that Swedish vikings founding Kiev as the Kievan-Rus. The very name Rus comes from the name of Sweden. Sweden is still called Routsi in Finnish and Estonian. It comes from the word for the "Rowing people". Then hundreds of years later, the Moscovites took the name Rus for themselves, stole it from Kiev. With that logic, Russia belongs to Sweden.
sweden tok over the most baltic countrys..and some villiges in russia back and forward,,they still have an old swedish named villige in russia that there are some people left..only one could speak some swedish worlds.. she was about 89 years old.
According to multiple sources, including official statements and reports from September 2022, the Russian-backed authorities in four occupied regions of eastern Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia - held referendums on joining Russia. These referendums were widely dismissed as illegitimate by the international community, including Western governments. Results and Context The reported results of the referendums showed overwhelming support for joining Russia, with percentages ranging from 87% to 99% in favor. For example: Zaporizhzhia region: 93% in favor Kherson region: 87% in favor Luhansk region: 98% in favor Donetsk region: 99% in favor Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies portrayed these referendums as a demonstration of the people’s will to join Russia, while Ukraine and its Western allies condemned the votes as illegitimate and orchestrated by Russian authorities.
After chernobyl 1986, we were told that it was in Russia. So for many in Europe Ukraine belonged to Russia many years after. The cold war ended 1989-1991 and Sovjet got devided. Ukraine was independent 1991. But the east still was a Russian part, only Russian people lived there. So it isnt so farfetched for Putin to interfere when they were in danger. Minsk I, II should have been respected. So many lifes would have been spared.
Not sweden but ruser who was men from the north. We in Scandinavia could say that russia should stop invading our lands. First time we set up there was in kiev kingdom, long before Moscow was founded. Kiev kingdom I think was the first city. From. There is spread and voila Moscow was there.
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!
And most ethnic Russians are Finno-Ugric tribes from the beginning. Actually there is not historically any Russia. Kiyv-Rus was a large area in the south and Kiyv was the capital.
The Danes should clame parts of UK as the Danes occupied it 3 times and the Normans were also descendants of Danes so you can say that the Danes have a right to the UK, we also have the rights to Norway and parts of Sweeden only the land but we don't want the people there, to many non Sweedish people there especially in Malmö
According to Putin and Russia's logic, yes, Russia is Swedish historical lands, so it's all ours. Oh, btw, you do need to check our the lines of kings in europe. basically the UK is ruled by Germans, etc etc. One could argue a lot of fun things in terms of historical claims.
"A lot has happened in 120 years". Also. "100 years isn't that long ago". Dwayne, I think you need make your mind up. Also, the guys was agreeing with you. He meant Ukraine has existed less than 100 years and therefore should be Russian.
Just look up "the swedish empire" or "sweden age of greatness". Started year 1611 I think. Swedish land was far east into Russia and Estonia. There is still a place called "svensk byn" in Ukraine and they still speak swedish there. So Ukraine belong to Sweden also. I think Sweden made a peace agreement with Russia in 1721. Yes America and a big part of the world belong to the British empire. Why not, Usa support the historic argument about owning the land when it comes to Israel, but then again Usa are against it when Russia try do like Israel. So maybe we should leave it like it is.
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 ..
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
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..
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Good ranting 👍🤗
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,❤🤗🇸🇪
Iceland to and the famous islands in Caribbean 😮
And Denmark could reclaim Scania, Hallandia and Blekinge
Swedish peeps founded Kiev
Swedish Vikings often used the rivers in Russia to sail to the Black sea and Mediterranean, establishing settlements and forts along the way.
"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]"
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 .
Yes. The Rus is of Swedish origin
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.
Its true and i think many sweeds know this that are into history
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
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
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.
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 had vikings? We had the most civilazed vikings also
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)
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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).
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.
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. 🤞
Rus is from Roslagen in Sweden
The namn RUS describes People originating from Roslagen, (around Stockholm) - we still use the term Roslagen
There is a great Yale Course with Timothy Snider about the making of modern Ukraine. It's on YT and it's about 20 clips a 45min. ruclips.net/p/PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_&si=vm5Ok-ECqridwqZq
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......
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
Swedes were everywhere in the Viking age, plenty or runestones tell of travels to east and west.
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, 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.
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.
The area where saint petersburg are located was swedish territory as long as until 1702. Thats not that long ago.
the rus were swedish vikings, the first ever documented viking raid were from the Swedes
Yes everyone knows this, I'll be taking that land to go thank you
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.
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...
5:02 The rus brothers was ¨Swedish¨ vikings and ppl he lead was from the same area so 😁
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.
Yes.. The name Rus.. Has the same etymological beginning as the Finnish word Ruotsi.. Meaning Swedes from Roslagen.....
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.
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.
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.
Hi there I am an apteryx a hairless bird without feathers!
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.
A Black, talks about what belongs to what. Isn’t it ironic. You can’t even name what country you belong to, nor today or historically, so maybe let them decide their history, especially when we talking about Russia, the only modern country that actually knows and respects its origins.
U so right would be more interesting if he could tell a good story about himself and how he ended up where he is today
Some Swedes founded the darn thing, but we can't claim it today. I mean, the brits went to India...
Yes, I knew that. I am Swedish. But I wouldn’t dare tell Putin.
Putin mentioned that himself in the interview with Tucker Carlson. Watch it!
Nah, he´ll just treaten with nukes and then crickets like the other 70 or so times he´s done it to everyone the past 2 years. And my bet is like at most 10% of all the nukes stored are usable/operational anyway. He´s like the inferior loud mouth hiding behind the bully´s back, fear mongering is the best he can muster as his actual man & unit power getting embarrased considering the amount sent to in Ukraine, and 50% of the times just by their own screw ups xD
radera direkt ifall han kollar. jag har köpt extra blöjor
Haha what? Why are you afraid of that idiot?
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.
I think Mongolia has dibs
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.
It seems that Nestor was a monk in kiev and was born at year of 1056 to 1113 .
Swedish vikings went east
RUS was founded in KYIEV
the vikings where mostly from småland and gotland
Rurik are a swedish viking from 800 that founded Kiev realm. We from sweden are more relativ to britts pepole than russia pepole. Dublin and York are founded by vikings. Harald barfota founded Dublin. Some word have english taken from vikings like Window.
I would honestly advice against getting frustrated. It's rather common to hear people call "western people" hypocrites, yet 1420's videos are full of such people with very few exceptions. Paper Skies made great video about the nature of the Russian propaganda which explains it quite well.
This exciting and mythical story is about the Swedish Viking chieftain Rurik and his ruse. You don't really know much about the Swedish Vikings because they didn't record anything about themselves. Rurik probably died in 879. He is a legendary Varangian prince who is considered the founder of Russia. According to the most comprehensive writing about this time, the 12th-century Chronicle of Nestor, which was probably written by a Russian monk, the tribes around Kiev had been ruled by the Swedes for a long period. The Swedes ravaged and took taxes from the people, and finally the tribal people revolted and threw the Swedes out. But the East Slavic tribes in the Kievan Rus' kingdom were divided, and finally they recalled the Swedish prince Rurik and his Rus to bring order to the kingdom again. So all this can be read in Nestor's Chronicle, which was written almost 300 years after it had happened. Whether it was Rurik who was summoned by the Russian tribesmen or whether he simply conquered and retook Russia cannot be certain. Rurik is said to have founded Novgorod in 862 and he and his family then ruled in Russia until 1598 and Ivan the Terrible was the last regent of Rurik's family. The Swedish Vikings were called Varjagers and Värings, but it is not known for sure what the historical and geographical connections look like. So it is with much of the history from this time. The most detailed that is recorded is what can be read in the medieval Chronicle of Nestor.
well as a swed i can say this is true 100O%
Charles XII didnt fuck around, called Carolus Rex. check out the Sabaton song
not whole russia, just a bart of russia. Sweden was the worlds strongest super power back in time and we had norway, finland, part of russia, denmark, part of germany and down to polen etc. this was long long time ago // me from sweden
5:50 not sure what you mean. Swedes definitely had Vikings.
I think it's a sensitive subject. But the swedish vikings at least was partly involved in the founding of some citys in Russia. The question is how big a part they played, Thoose places were probably melting pots with a lot of different people involved. Even if some swedish vikings held some leading positions at some time they were almost certainly a small minority and were quickly assimilated into the bigger slavic groups. The word RUS is supposed to refer to the people living in the arcipelago between Sweden and Finland. And the word is supposed to mean rowing people. And the the Finnish word for Sweden is Routsi wich come from this RUS word
How are we different to norway or denmark? We are practically the same? Sweden has the most rune stones overall in scandinavia. dedicated to fallen warriors etc. What makes us different is that we didn't go west, we went east.
Yeah f with us Swedes and find out,dont poke a sleeping bear...
A 1000 years ago relax now.....We have runestones about eastern travels from the viking age. The Rurik narrative is very blurry and controversial.
That guy about how many “tried” to attack… someone should let him know how many times Sweden have actually defeated them in wars. It’s a lot. 🤣
Oh yes, us Swedes where defenitely Vikings.
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 Vikings built Europe's largest empire
They came from Scandinavia and created Europe's largest and richest empire in what is now Russia and Ukraine. Here they get the full background of the mighty Rus Empire and learn why the influence of the Vikings on the first Russian state formation is still very controversial in Russia today.
From the middle of the seventh century, Swedes and other Scandinavians began to seek their way east. The target was rivers such as the Volga, Dnieper and Volchov in today's Russia. For several hundred years, the Eastern Vikings and their descendants came to trade, conquer cities such as Novgorod and Kiev, and make their way as far as Constantinople and Baghdad.
The city eventually took over the role of Gorodishtje and became the place where the Scandinavians traveled when they went east. Here, both the Slavic and the Scandinavian elite could buy the most exclusive goods - for example, it was precisely in Novgorod that the Norwegian king Olav Haraldsson, later called the saint, bought the fine silk fabrics and furs he was dressed in at the beginning of the 11th century .
Novgorod grew steadily under the rule of the Russians and, among other things, got a fine road network made of pine planks. The route of the streets was unchanged right up until the 18th century when Empress Catherine II dictated that many Russian cities, e.g. Novgorod, would get a new city plan.
Kyiv became the capital
On the trade route to the south, the Russians used small, agile ships with room for 10-20 men. The ships were so light that they could be lifted up and dragged from one river to another. One of the places where the Vikings pulled their ships over land was at the town of Gnjozdovo, which was a few kilometers west of present-day Smolensk.
From here the Vikings could sail unimpeded along the Dnieper to Kyiv and on to the Black Sea. If they pulled the ships over to the nearby Daugava River, they could sail north to the Gulf of Riga.
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.
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
Related and related. I Don't know much about the history (as in whether Swedes founded Russia) beyond generally speaking that we were there, and the name is a hinky word originating from scandinavia.. but.. but ethnologically most of Russia is absolutely more Slavic than Nordic.. I think it would be more apt to say we had influence on the shape and settlements in the area during crucial parts of the formation of the nation than us actually forming the nation.. As in.. it's a bit more dynamic than us founding it, and we probably had the lesser influence... but that is more of an "opinion" based on comparably limited insight... Better than no insight, but I am probably in the earlier stages of Dunning-Kruger here.
Historically the entire north-west siberia and large parts of Russia belongs to Finnic Tribes...If we look at things thru some very weird glasses.
Remember The Rusland zar Dagmar was from Denmark and remember your own queen has a danish husband 😂
It's actually better than that. The "Swedish" viking followed The Gulf of Finland into the area of present day Saint Peters-burg and continued down the river systems to Kiev to make their main settlement here. They mixed with the local population and became the Kiev-Rus. The very people who became the Ukrainians. The Kiev-Rus later expanded north replacing the people of the Novgorod area and founded the city Veliky Novgorod in around 859 CE. It might have had an earlier incarnation as Holmgard from when the Viking moved down to Kiev, but this isn't established as fact yet.
This makes Russia and Russians not Swedish but Ukraine and Ukrainians.
On 12 March 1610, the Russo-Swedish army broke the siege of Moscow and were welcomed into the city by Tsar Vasili, so for a while Sweden did in fact 'own' Russia. Vasili were the last Tsar of the Rurik-dynasty and died two year later in Gostynin, Poland.
Sweden had Vikings they raided the East and formed some of todays countries they even raided the most protected cities back the Constantinople and won if thats not Vikings then no one ever has been vikings Norway and Denmark was in the west and Sweden in the East
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
It's a joke in Sweden. The logic is that Swedish vikings founding Kiev as the Kievan-Rus. The very name Rus comes from the name of Sweden. Sweden is still called Routsi in Finnish and Estonian. It comes from the word for the "Rowing people". Then hundreds of years later, the Moscovites took the name Rus for themselves, stole it from Kiev. With that logic, Russia belongs to Sweden.
sweden tok over the most baltic countrys..and some villiges in russia back and forward,,they still have an old swedish named villige in russia that there are some people left..only one could speak some swedish worlds.. she was about 89 years old.
Gamlesvenskby i Ukraina menar du?
According to multiple sources, including official statements and reports from September 2022, the Russian-backed authorities in four occupied regions of eastern Ukraine - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia - held referendums on joining Russia. These referendums were widely dismissed as illegitimate by the international community, including Western governments.
Results and Context
The reported results of the referendums showed overwhelming support for joining Russia, with percentages ranging from 87% to 99% in favor. For example:
Zaporizhzhia region: 93% in favor
Kherson region: 87% in favor
Luhansk region: 98% in favor
Donetsk region: 99% in favor
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies portrayed these referendums as a demonstration of the people’s will to join Russia, while Ukraine and its Western allies condemned the votes as illegitimate and orchestrated by Russian authorities.
After chernobyl 1986, we were told that it was in Russia. So for many in Europe Ukraine belonged to Russia many years after. The cold war ended 1989-1991 and Sovjet got devided. Ukraine was independent 1991. But the east still was a Russian part, only Russian people lived there. So it isnt so farfetched for Putin to interfere when they were in danger. Minsk I, II should have been respected. So many lifes would have been spared.
Det finns en by i Ukraina som pratade svenska
Its calld "Gammalsvenskby"!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammalsvenskby
Not sweden but ruser who was men from the north. We in Scandinavia could say that russia should stop invading our lands. First time we set up there was in kiev kingdom, long before Moscow was founded. Kiev kingdom I think was the first city. From. There is spread and voila Moscow was there.
Nestor was a monk i Kiev in the 1100th century.
1100th centuRY…. Det är långt dit…. Du menar elfte århundradet… dvs 1000-talet. Eller så menar du 1100-talet som är tolfte århundradet.
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!
Russia means "viking land"
19:09 no cause UK lost the War of Independence or rather The Revolutionary War to US. You had a war about it.
Yes, we swedes know this ;)
What if Rome wants its empire back?
And most ethnic Russians are Finno-Ugric tribes from the beginning. Actually there is not historically any Russia. Kiyv-Rus was a large area in the south and Kiyv was the capital.
The Danes should clame parts of UK as the Danes occupied it 3 times and the Normans were also descendants of Danes so you can say that the Danes have a right to the UK, we also have the rights to Norway and parts of Sweeden only the land but we don't want the people there, to many non Sweedish people there especially in Malmö
Using a similar logic that Putin does in relation to Ukraine even if its a real stretch, sure.
According to Putin and Russia's logic, yes, Russia is Swedish historical lands, so it's all ours.
Oh, btw, you do need to check our the lines of kings in europe. basically the UK is ruled by Germans, etc etc. One could argue a lot of fun things in terms of historical claims.
Sweden has been making Europe sience the vikings 1.300 y ago..
I can guarantee that Sweden dont want russia 😂
4:12 What "same logic"? Where exactly did P said U belongs to R?
"A lot has happened in 120 years". Also. "100 years isn't that long ago". Dwayne, I think you need make your mind up. Also, the guys was agreeing with you. He meant Ukraine has existed less than 100 years and therefore should be Russian.
Just look up "the swedish empire" or "sweden age of greatness". Started year 1611 I think. Swedish land was far east into Russia and Estonia. There is still a place called "svensk byn" in Ukraine and they still speak swedish there. So Ukraine belong to Sweden also. I think Sweden made a peace agreement with Russia in 1721. Yes America and a big part of the world belong to the British empire. Why not, Usa support the historic argument about owning the land when it comes to Israel, but then again Usa are against it when Russia try do like Israel. So maybe we should leave it like it is.
Swedes funded Russia. Rörek did it and founded the Kiev principality.