A Look Into History: Rurik Prince of Novgorod

Rurik was a semi-legendary ruler of what is now present-day Russia. He was Varangian which was similar to that of the Vikings. Instead they were located in Baltic region while their Viking counterparts were more in Scandinavia.   Apparently a bunch of tribes within the region (there's not much recorded about his life) drove him and his friends out of the region. The tribes wanted to rule