Rurik

For other people with the given name Rurik or Ryurik, see Rurik (given name).
For the ships, see Russian ship Rurik. For the dynasty, see Rurik dynasty.

Rurik
Prince of Novgorod
Rurik on the 19th-century "Millennium of Russia" monument in Veliky Novgorod
Reign862–879[a]
SuccessorOleg
Died879[a]
Novgorod
IssueIgor
DynastyRurik
ReligionNorse paganism

Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik;[1][2][3][4] Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ;[5][b] Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ; died 879)[6][7][a] was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862.[1][10] The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his kinsman Oleg who was regent for his infant son Igor.

Traditionally, Rurik has been considered the founder of the Rurik dynasty, which was the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and its principalities, and ultimately the Tsardom of Russia, until the death of Feodor I in 1598.


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