name Ruric is associated with the ancient Russian state, and one of the legendary figures in the history of Europe.This was a very courageous man knows very little.
Prince Rurik is considered to be probably one of the most mysterious figures in Russia.Presumably he was born somewhere in the 808 in the town of Rerik, now renamed Rarog.
In the early 800s Danish king Godfrey captured the city, and the father of Rurik, Prince Godolyuba ordered to hang.His mother, the widowed Duchess Umila, along with two young children disappeared in a foreign land.Generally, the period in the history of childhood Rurik is not illuminated.The mention of this time can be found only in the "Annales Bertiniani" when in 826, the year the brothers (the future Duke with his brother Harold) appeared at the residence of the Frankish emperor.King Louis the Pious became their godfather, and gave them the lands beyond the Elbe.
the beginning of the nineteenth century in our territory there was no solid state.There lived tribes chudey, vesey, Ilmen Slavs, Krivichi Vyatichi, Drevlyane, golf and others.Between them very often flashed hatred and quarrels, in the endless skirmishes many people perished.
Therefore, according to legend, finally, one of the representatives of all the tribes together and called "police itself" a foreign prince.This man, according to chroniclers, was Prince Rurik, and it happened in the 862 year event.
Before the events described, in 845, the year the Vikings went on their boats up on the Elbe and destroyed almost all the city on the banks of the river.Their leader, Prince Rurik, which is already five years commanded enormous at the time a fleet of 350 ships.And it is this armada he unleashed on England.
In 862 the Vikings troops occupied the shore of Lake Ladoga, and 864-year Rurik attached to his possessions and Izborsk Beloozero.
And when combined lands numerous tribes "called" the prince formed a single state, it became the capital of Novgorod.Next to him was felled by another small town - Mound, where he lived, and many of the rulers of Novgorod.
in neighboring Polotsk Beloozero and other cities has appointed Prince Rurik to rule their loved ones - associates.Just two years after Prince Rurik ascended the throne, the uprising began, the leader of which was Vadim Brave.However, the governor of Novgorod is fully able to prove that it is able to control his unruly subjects: the most severe he suppressed the uprising.
To 864 th year as a result of his severe war with the Khazars managed to subdue Moore and growth, expanding the principality of Novgorod, Volkhov stretching from the mouth of the Oka River.
During the reign of Prince Rurik is actively strengthening its borders and establish a new city.Its policy was simple enough: he was well aware of the importance of river trade routes, which were busy main cargo from the East.He managed to control them, thereby making Novgorod richer.
Until his death he firmly held rule in Novgorod.According to the chronicles, Rurik reigned seventeen years.He died in the 879th year during a raid on the tribes lop and Korela.
After his death in Novgorod throne passed to his son Igor, however, due to the fact that he was a minor, the actual board took over the Prince Oleg.
Rurik dynasty which rules over Russian ground seven hundred years, interrupted only at the end of the nineteenth century.
