On the Ancient History of the Northern Slavs Before the Time of Rurik, and Where Rurik and His Varangians Came From

You are presented with an extremely interesting work by the Russian historian of the 19th century, Alexander Vasiliev, published in St. Petersburg in 1858. In it, the author defends the idea of the autochthonous nature of the Russian state and criticizes the Norman theory. This book contains a large number of extremely valuable pieces of information about the history of the ancient Slavs and the peoples surrounding them. It will be a wonderful gift for all those interested in the lives of our distant ancestors and the history of the emergence of Russian statehood.