Sineus and Truvor

Brothers Rurik, Truvor and Sineus arrive at Ladoga, as painted by Viktor Vasnetsov (c. 1900).

Sineus and Truvor (Russian: Синеус и Трувор)[a] are mentioned in Rus' chronicles as brothers of Rurik, a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who is traditionally considered to be the founder of the Rurikids. According to legendary calling of the Varangians as recorded in the Primary Chronicle (PVL) and Novgorod First Chronicle, the three brothers were invited by East Slavic and Finnic tribes to reign over them in what is now northwestern Russia in 862.[2] Sineus established himself at Beloozero and Truvor at Izborsk.[2] After they died, Rurik consolidated their territories into his own.[3]

  1. ^ Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopiseĭ (in Russian). Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR. 1851. p. 88.
  2. ^ a b Peterson, Gary Dean (21 June 2016). Vikings and Goths: A History of Ancient and Medieval Sweden. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-4766-2434-1.
  3. ^ The Oxford illustrated history of the Vikings. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press. 1997. pp. 138–139. ISBN 9780192854346.


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