@@balticempire7244 Have you done any content on the palace complex at Qatna Syria, 2nd Millenium BCE? Ebla texts referred to the place as “Gudadanum”, and it was famous for the baltic amber that ended up there.
My mother's parents were from Sweden. Morfar told me stories about our ancestors. "Rus" meant "red beards" and "rowers". Swedish Vikings went East through the Baltic into the river systems. "Belarus" and "Russia" became places they settled in. They continued their travels. They got to the Black Sea and the Middle East.
It's probably fair to say the Rus were an amalgamation of all the people present in the area. Different cultures blending into eachother over decades and centuries, Skandinavians, Balts, Cumans and Tatars
very well done. ive commented similliar stuff on your other videos but as an estonian im fascinated by the evidence for finnic participation in rus' culture and state. do you have any good sources on this topic?
Thanks for the wonderful content 🙏 but let me point at a little Correction based on Ibn Fadlan resalah manuscript, which I have a copy in my hands that I can read from he says: they were "Blonde (hair) and Reddish (skin)".. Just an opinion: to my understanding and research the Arabs meant by the Rus is what we consider today as Vikings whether those who attacked Andalusia (Al Yaaqobi) in the west or those in the East all were Rus to the Arabs, like all European were Saqāliba even the Franks, the German and the Rus were Saqāliba. the Arabs didn't know the term Slavs they knew other distinctive ethnic groups like Wisu maybe they are the Finno-Baltic Vesps and other further West or to the North from Wisu the people Yura (probably from meaning the people of the Sea in baltic language). Can you please point out to me who said in the Arabic sources that the Rus were Turks?
I have always asked for a viking funeral, but please leave the animals and the slave girl out of it unless you want me to haunt you. Besides that, sounds absolutely perfect.😅😊
In a historical video it's incorrect to use paintings of Hyperborea by Vsevolod Ivanov (19:25, 19:44), they are pure fantasy. Still a great video though
bro its just a way of communicating the ideas hes talking about. It's not a museum display or anything it doesn't have to be a hundred percent accurate, not that that's even a thing that can exist considering how little we actually know.
The primacy of 'fantasy' over the so-called reality (no such thing, consult the contemporary science) was the cardinal point of the ancient Viking mystical doctrine.
RUSSIAN The name of the Slavs, Greeks and Arabs for the Swedish Vikings who founded Gardarike or Russia. The word ruser comes from rodhr, leidang fleet (especially such a fleet from Roden, i.e. Roslagen), and contains a syndetic s (cf. words such as "councillor", "Council"). The Finns called the Russians ruotsi. It is likely that the Russians established themselves on the Russian Baltic Sea coast already before Rurik's time, probably in the first half of the 8th century. Ruser chieftains besides Rurik were until the year 882 AD. Askvold and Dir in Kiev as well as in the 9th century Rogvolod in Polotsk near Dyna. After them, Gardarike's three provinces were built: Novgorod, Polotsk and Kiev. The name ruser still lived on into the 11th century.
Я из России,и вроде Финны не называют Русских-Руотси,они вроде называют Русских-Венама-Венеты.Но на счет присутствия скандинавов на севере России в древности,то скорее всего это правда,даже сегодня у некоторых северных Русских чаще встречается скандинавская ДНК.Так же я считаю что Варяги не были чисто скандинавами,я думаю они состояли из разных народов.
@@imperskiikulak446 Да это он просто шведскую ультра-националистическую версию рассказывает, которой их там активно кормят. На самом же деле в Повести Временных лет Новгородской редакции в описании призвания варягов сказано, что Русы были такие же варяги как даны, англы, свеи(шведы) и др. Т.е. очевидно, что Русы шведами не были. ДНК рюриковичей указывает на то, что Русов надо искать скорее среди финно-угорских народностей. Само название Русь очевидно тоже является финно-угорским, как Чудь, Весь, Жмудь и т.п.
One thing needs to be stressed, Ibn Khordadbeh's account of the "Slavic origin" of the Rus' isn't that important because of the date of the said account, but because he specifies their affiliation based on ethnic origin, whereas Ibn Fadlan specifies their affiliation based on shared profession (he denotes the Bulgars as "Rus" too because of war profiteering and human trafficking), not to mention that his "description" of the "Varangian's leader's ship burial" is an irrefutable proof that the man/men in question weren't Rus/Rurikids because not a single Rurikid, both pagan and Christian, was laid to rest in a ship burial.
My ancestors were Balts from Galidia came to Russia in the 11th century (as a deep historical DNA analysis established), as mercenaries to the Ryazan prince, to help conquer and subjugate the lands inhabited by Ugric Finns and collect tribute from them. There they stayed, marrying Slavic and Ugro-Finnish women and even got Ugro-Finnish nicknames.
current archeological evidence doesnt neccessarily prove the slave girl sacrifice among the scandinavians. it was def practices by the rus considering the literary evidence
@@dasarath5779Ya but the literary evidence is unreliable. Ibn Battu traveled in the 1300’s that would be way later then the Viking era. Plus authors of the time added much to make a good story. Kinda like Marco Polo.
The russ sound like modern day crust punk train hoppers 😆. My old punk train hopping friends had similar customs when it cames to sex,hygiene and travel.
Small funeral boats would be an awesome business and also great for the environment. 😊 If done correctly, the sunken half burned boats would sink in an area helping form a habitat for fish like the many tribes of the American northwest.
Yeah, we could only afford a replica viking miniboat for my friend's funeral. Deperted from Riga and went trough the delta of Daugava to scatter the ashes in Baltic sea as he wanted. At night, so burned only the flames, not the boat. Magic and not too sad.
Considering the practices of the vikingfuneral which is only common in scandinavia and asatro, Its pretty safe to say that the rus wasnt turkish. Turks never worshipped Oden.
Correct, but an act by Nordic peoples. They merely created the spark that help shape the direction of regional Empires. Archaeological, historical, and genetic research proves this. I am descendant from Swedish Rus ancestry, and I have very, very little Slavic genetics in me. They founded a ruling class through loosely connected Kingdoms that were but an early part of the local history in eastern Europe. As with many Viking invasions, the invaders integrated into their new regions, often adopting local religion (later becoming Christian, but had some hold outs), language and identity, much like the Normans and Viking splinters across Britain. You can argue what Nordic means, but their origins were the Kingdom of Sweden of the 9th century.
@@d.t.bigley7254 A modern romance of mythology 🙈😂🍻 Бред сївої кобили, Toi na noi da perkele da satana, valhalla, everyone should do a dna test, where did the so called vikings come from? The original inhabitants were dark skinned, dark hair & dark eyes, apparently common ancestor (singular) blue eyed mutation 10K years ago, most common eye colour is brown, After a dna test I changed my view on a few things, there is only one human race, a language can change in one generation, one cannot change one’s DNA, who one identifies as & what DNA makeup they are can be very different, countries, nationalities, governments, ethnicity, languages & dialects are all quite modern terms, the further one travelled from their place of birth the more the language & diet, climatic conditions change, migrations, natural calamities, diseases, etc., a lot can change in one generation let alone 1K or 10K years, too many variables, otherwise entertaining for healthy dialogue 🧐😎🍻
You say Finns at the start. But you have no sources indicating that ethno or finno culture was apart of this at large. Individual anacdotes does not count as Finno made 0 impact ethnically. Explain yourself please.
Evolution of Scythian and Amazon. Gog and Magog ? Is Turk a tongue or lifestyle. Anyhow I've come to accept the fact my relatives and neighbours became turks . To the Varangian mixed salad of mankind , your legacy lives on and as for me , Kyrie Eleison Me and thank you for everything. Blessings to all and sundry for the year ahead
@@Trump2024asw literally ancestors of Russians are Rus. What are you talking about? We even have tons TONS of genetic evidence of it on mytruenacestry (site that compares modern dna to ancient) for example
@@funnygaming2672 I`m not i live in Australia mate. I would never choose to live in a arab country. That`s my point some Irish were slaved there by vikings
Baltic Empire The name Rus and Russian come from the name of the deutsche province of Preußen.The Britons “COULD NOT” pronounce the name Preußen and therefore began to call the province Prussia.in order to know the past you don’t need to be a genius, it’s enough to be a decent person.stop falsifying the past
Russian history is greatly flawed and ignores archaeological, historical, and genetic research in favor of pro-Russian creationism. Rus existed a few hundred years prior to the formation of Russia, but is keenly part of it's history.
