...justice among them. Accordingly, in 862 AD, they sent across the sea, to the Russ Varangians3 and said: "Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it; come and rule and govern us." Three brothers, with their kinsmen and druzhiny, or military companies (the...

...Jenny in 1919: "Just as the Varangians were once summoned, so it is still true today: 'The Russian land is great and rich, but there is no order in it!' The German is the organizing and productive intelligence [der ordnende undfordernde Geist} in Russia...

...according to the law." They accordingly went overseas to the Varangian Rus'. ... The Chuds, Slovenians, Krivichians, and the Ves' then said to the people...there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us".'2 In response, the Rus' sent three brothers, Hroerkr/Riuryk, Sineus, and Truvor, who settled respectively...

...Russia and the Russian Political Style They . . . went overseas to the Varangian [s and] . . . said, "Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us. " And . . . three brothers, with their kinsfolk . . . migrated. The oldest, Riurik, located himself...

...three Scandinavian lords — Ryurik, Sineus and Truvor — to rule over them, pleading, "Our whole land is great and rich but there is no order in it." The three obliged, and Russians have almost always had strong (if somewhat ruthless) leaders since...

...that led up to the AD 862 invitation by quarreling Slavic tribes to the Varangian Rus': "Our whole land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us!" 12 But can the facts of a foreign-founding story decide the question of its meaning and power? The...

...assistance from Vikings who lived nearby. "Our whole land is great and rich," the Slavs explained, "but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us." 1 Suggesting as it does that the Slavs required foreign hands to set their affairs in order, this passage...

...us, and judge us according to the law.' They accordingly went overseas to the Varangian Pusses [TheyI said to the people of Rus: 'Our land is great and...no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us.'" -Journalist-historian Anna Reid quoting The Tale of Bygone Years region, Volodymyr converted to Christianity...

...lands: "Let us seek a prince who may rule over us, and judge us according to the law.... Our whole land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us!" 7 . Rurik (Russian spelling) was the son of the ruler of the Rus', a Varangian (Norman) Viking clan...

...Russian Primary Chronicle, in which the Slavs and Finns are quoted as having said to the Normans in 862: "Our land is great and rich but there is no order in it. Come to reign and rule over us." Cf. The Russian Primary Chronicle — Laurentian Text, translated and edited...