1. Settlement at Ladoga

   0862-01-01 · Staraya Ladoga (historical Ladoga), Leningrad Oblast, Russia

   

   The Hypatian version of the Primary Chronicle places Rurik's initial settlement at Ladoga after the Varangian invitation. This is one of the principal but conflicting chronicle accounts of his first seat. The Primary Chronicle tradition conventionally places the invitation in 862, but its recensions disagree: the Laurentian text instead places Rurik initially at Novgorod. Presence is chronicle-attested, not independently contemporary evidence.

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