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Summary
Map showing the distribution of early Varangian settlement, mid-ninth century CE. Varangian settlements shown in red, other Scandivanian settlement in purple. Grey names indicate locations of Slavic tribes. Blue outline indicates extent of Khazar sphere of influence .
Names in parenthesis indicate names of more familiar, and later, cities built on approximately the same site as the settlements named.
Note:There is controversy over the name of the original settlement at modern-day Rostov . Later Norse sources referred to the town (even in its earliest periods) as Rostofa or Ráðstofa . However, the original settlement (relevant to the period of this map) was at nearby Sarskoye Gorodishche , a later designation meaning simply "Citadel on the Sara River." The original name used by the town's Varangian inhabitants is unknown. For more information, see Rostov and Sarskoye Gorodishche .
Sources
- Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0631208143 .
- Dolukhanov, P.M. The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe and the Initial Settlement to Kievan Rus'. London: Longman, 1996. ISBN 0582236185 .
- Franklin, Simon and Jonathan Shepard. The Emergence of Rus 750-1200. London: Longman, 1996. ISBN 058249091X .
- Haywood, John. Cassell Atlas of World History .
- Pritsak, Omeljan . The Origin of Rus'. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991.
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