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Summary
Map showing the distribution of early Varangian settlement, mid-ninth century CE.
Varangian settlements shown in red, other Scandivanian settlement in purple. Grey names indicate locations of Slavic tribes. Blue outline indicates extent of Khazarsphere of influence.
Names in parenthesis indicate names of more familiar, and later, cities built on approximately the same site as the settlements named.
Note:There is controversy over the name of the original settlement at modern-day Rostov. Later Norse sources referred to the town (even in its earliest periods) as Rostofa or Ráðstofa. However, the original settlement (relevant to the period of this map) was at nearby Sarskoye Gorodishche, a later designation meaning simply "Citadel on the Sara River." The original name used by the town's Varangian inhabitants is unknown. For more information, see Rostov and Sarskoye Gorodishche.
Sources
Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999. ISBN0631208143.
Dolukhanov, P.M. The Early Slavs: Eastern Europe and the Initial Settlement to Kievan Rus'. London: Longman, 1996. ISBN0582236185.
Franklin, Simon and Jonathan Shepard. The Emergence of Rus 750-1200. London: Longman, 1996. ISBN058249091X.
Haywood, John. Cassell Atlas of World History.
Pritsak, Omeljan. The Origin of Rus'. Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991.
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Captions
Eastern Europe in the middle of the ninth century. Rus' settlements are signed in red, other Scandinavian settlements in purple; Slavic tribes - green. The spheres of influence of tribal unions are circled by contours.
Восточная Европа в середине IX в. Руские поселения подписаны красным, другие скандинавские поселения фиолетовым; славянские племёна — зелёным. Контурами обведены сферы влияния племенных союзов.
Updated the toponymy, fixing some errors in tribe placement during the period, now marked in red are the earliest Rus cities, those under the khaganate and those in gardariki, while Varangian controlled Finnic sttelments within gardariki are in black
Cosmetic changes according with H.E.Stier (dir.) : Westermann Grosser Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, 1985, ISBN 3-14-100919-8 ; DTV Atlas zur Weltgeschichte, 1987 french version Perrin, ISBN 2-7242-3596-7 ; Putzger historischer Weltatlas Cornelsen 1990, ISB...
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