1. Move to Novgorod

   0864-01-01 · Ryurikovo Gorodishche, Veliky Novgorod, Russia

   

   In the Hypatian recension, after the deaths of Sineus and Truvor two years after the Ladoga settlement, Rurik comes to the Ilmen–Volkhov area, founds Novgorod, and settles there as prince. The 864 date is calculated from the recension's 862 setting and its statement that this occurred two years later. Coordinate marks Ryurikovo Gorodishche, the ninth-century settlement conventionally associated with chronicle-era Novgorod; the exact identification remains uncertain.

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