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From: Alexander Agamov < >
Subject: Re: RURIK, PRINCE OF KIEV
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 11:09:52 +0300


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> От: Hope C. Lawless < >
> Кому:
> Тема: Re: RURIK, PRINCE OF KIEV
> Дата: воскресенье 1 дек 1996 17:58
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>
> Do I understand your dates correctly? You write "The chronicle informs
that
> Rurik took Ladoga, a very small town near
> Novgorod. After death of his two brothers, Sineus and Thruvor in 864, he
> got their possessions, Beloozero ("White lake") and Izborsk. Novgorod
> became Rurik's capital. There he died in 862." Unless I misunderstood or
you
> mistyped then Rurik took possession of his brothers' property after his
own
> death!
>
Sorry. Certainly it was my mistake. Rurik died in 879 (Nestor's chronicle
uses old Russian system of chronology, so 6387 year is alike 879). My
apologies.

Alexander Agamov
Moscow, Russia

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