About the Ancient History of the Northern Slavs Until the Time of Rurik

The book is dedicated to one researcher of the toughest questions of formation of Kievan Rus - the issue of calling the Vikings and their ethnic origin. The author analyzes the background on this issue and commented the works of his predecessors, in particular, NM Karamzin. The second half of the book are notes as complementary to the main text. In them the author of the question of "Slavs" Huns, parses PVL Nestor, Icelandic sagas, and consider other specific issues related to the theme of work.