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Rurikids
Summary
The Rurikids or Riurikids also known as the Volodimerovichi, were a noble house allegedly founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself in Novgorod around the year AD 862. After the conquest of Kiev by Rurik's successor Oleg the Wise in 880, the Rurikids established a dynasty over the state of Kievan Rus' until its disintegration in the 12th and 13th centuries. Over time, the reigning house split into many different branches, with distinct branches ruling regional centers. They continued to rule in many of the Rus' principalities which evolved out of Kievan Rus'.
Following the Mongol conquest, Galicia-Volhynia in the southwest was ruled by descendants of Roman the Great, until the western territories of Rus' came under the influence of Poland and Lithuania, and were finally annexed. In the northwest, the Grand Duchy of Moscow arose, which was initially a part of Vladimir-Suzdal, and ruled by the descendants of Daniel of Moscow. After the formation of the Tsardom of Russia, the Rurik line ruled without interruption until 1598, after which they were eventually succeeded by the House of Romanov in 1613, which marked the end of the Time of Troubles.
As a ruling house, the Rurikids held their own for a total of twenty-one generations in male-line succession, from Rurik (died 879) to Feodor I of Russia (died 1598), a period of more than 700 years. Numerous princely families have claimed to trace their lineage to Rurik. They are one of Europe's oldest royal houses, with numerous existing cadet branches.
Calling of the Varangians
The origins of the Rurikids are unclear, as its namesake Rurik, a Varangian prince who allegedly founded the dynasty in 862 through the "Calling of the Varangians", is considered to be a legendary, mythical and perhaps even entirely fictional character by modern scholars. Nicholas V. Riasanovsky (1947) stated: '...no Kievan sources anterior to the Primary Chronicle (early twelfth century), knew of Riurik. In tracing the ancestry of Kievan princes they usually stopped with Igor.
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