Rus and the Varangians

The question of the connections between the ancient Russian state, and even more so, the Eastern Slavic tribes before its formation, and the Scandinavians, known to us as the Varangians (also Normans, also Vikings), as well as in the early centuries of Ancient Rus, is somewhat similar to the question of the chicken and the egg. It may sometimes seem that it is impossible to answer or that everything has long been clear, but attempts to rethink and understand it have been made and will be made more than once. Not all of them are doomed to failure. One hopes that before you is a work where the author manages to voice their perspective on this topic. You will surely find interesting ideas and versions in it.