RURIK

rooˈrĭk, d. 879, semilegendary Varangian warrior, regarded as the founder of the princely dynasty of Kievan Rus. Rurik and his two brothers, at the head of an armed band, apparently seized Novgorod and nearby districts (c.862). According to unreliable early accounts, they had been invited by the local Slavs. Rurik's successors founded the powerful Kievan state, which lasted until the 13th cent. The house of Rurik also came to rule the grand duchy of Moscow, and later all Russia, until the death of Feodor I in 1598.

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books on: Rurik  - 275 results

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The Mongols in Russia
Book by Jeremiah Curtin; Little Brown, 1908
Subjects: Mongols--Soviet Union, Russia--History--To 1533
...Retreat of Sviatoslav. -- Preparations of Rurik to seize Kief. -- Asks aid of Yaroslav...by Roman. -- Assistance given Roman by Rurik of Smolensk. -- Honor given King Bela...trouble in Galitch. -- Dis pute between Rurik and Sviatoslav. -- Plans of the Kief...
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The Origins of Russia
Book by George Vernadsky; Clarendon Press, 1959
Subjects: Russia--History--To 1533
...Lothaires portion of the empire and it appears that Rurik lost his fief. During the next few years Rurik led the life of an adventurer, taking part...same year he raided northern France. In 850 Rurik launched a fleet of 350 boats with which he...
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Togo and the Rise of Japanese Sea Power
Book by Edwin A. Falk; Longmans, Green, 1936
Subjects: Japan--History, Japan--History, Naval, Togo, Heihachiro--1848-1934
Rurik , by Makaroff and so many other Russian naval...extinguished in the Straits of Tsushima. The Rurik dropped behind. The other two Russian cruisers...enemy and then reversed course to enable the Rurik to fall in her station as they passed. On...
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Russia and the Soviet Union: A Modern History
Book by Warren Bartlett Walsh; University of Michigan Press, 1958
Subjects: Soviet Union--History
...the Russes and migrated. The oldest, Rurik, located himself in Novgorod; the second...was a Varangian or Viking chieftain named Rurik, famed and feared in the West as a marauder...the latter part of the ninth century, Rurik made himself master of Jutland and thus...
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History of Russia
Book by S. F. Platonov, E. Aronsberg, F. A. Golder; Macmillan, 1925
Subjects: Russia--History
...century. Even before the descendants of Rurik had gone from Novgorod to Kiev, Varangian...about the reign of the half-legendary Rurik at Novgorod. It is said that he did not...under a certain Vadim the Brave; but Rurik suppressed the revolt and executed its...
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Pictorial Images of Spanish North America
Journal article by Bernard L. Fontana; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Artists, Spanish--Criticism and interpretation, Christian art and symbolism--New Mexico, Christian art--New Mexico, Christian symbolism--New Mexico, Conquerors--Portrayals, Native Americans--Portrayals, Native North Americans--Portrayals, North America--Portrayals, Spanish Americans--Portrayals, Spanish artists--Criticism and interpretation
...from other Russian ships. In 1816, the Rurik, commanded by Otto von Kotzebue, spent...and he was twenty years old when the Rurik set sail from Russia in 1815. His pictures...Mahr, August C. 1932 The Visit of the "Rurik" to San Francisco in 1816. Stanford University...
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Genji Goes West: the 1510 Genji Album and the Visualization of Court and Capital
Journal article by Melissa McCormick; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Literature, Mitsunobu, Tosa, Painting, Visual artists
...Zen priest Zengan T ojun, who was also the second abbot of Rurik oji, the temple that Hiroaki had dedicated in 1492 to commemorate...twenty-fifth anniversary of his fathers death.113 Thus, like Rurik oji, My oeiji was established as a temple to memorialize one...
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The Russo-japanese War: Primary Causes of Japanese Success
Journal article by Yoji Koda; Naval War College Review, Vol. 58, 2005
Subjects: Armed forces, Japan, Leadership, Military policy, Military strategy, Russia, War
...was totally incapacitated. The Battle of Ulsan The Vladivostok force of three armored cruisers-Rossiya, Gromoboi, and Rurik-sortied on 12 August, not knowing the result of the battle involving the Port Arthur squadron (see map 7). The Japanese...
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Contained Identities: The Demise of Yapese Clay Pots
Journal article by Christophe Descantes; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Industries, Primitive, Pottery--Social aspects, Social change--Case studies, Yap--History
...CHAMISSO, A. 1986 1835 A Voyage Around the World with the Romanzov Exploring Expedition in the Years 1815-1818 in the Brig Rurik, Captain Otto von Kotzebue, ed. and trans. Henry Kratz. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. YANAIHARA, T. 1940 1937...
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On the Road to the Civic Forum: State and Civil Society from Yeltsin to Putin
Journal article by Marcia A. Weigle; Demokratizatsiya, Vol. 10, 2002
Subjects: International, Politics, Presidents, Russia
...Civil Society," Russia Journal 5, no. 15 (26 April-2 May 2002), 1; Tutsenko, "Kazache dvizhenie Kubani," 35-45; Rurik Ahlberg, "Economic Development, Civil Society, and Democratic Orientation: A Study of the Russian Regions," Journal of...
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Mobiles in Libraries
Magazine article by Rurik Thomas Greenall; Online, Vol. 34, March 2010
Subjects: Libraries, Online information services, Smartphones, Technology adoption, United States
Mobiles in Libraries by Rurik Thomas Greenall Mobile technology is changing the way people work and play. Mobile devices are immediate to the user; they provide...
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New Digs for the Ferret? A Multinational Program to Introduce an Endangered Species into Northeastern Mexico May Stimulate Future Cooperative Conservation Projects across Borders
Magazine article by Jeffrey P. Cohn; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, January 2002
Subjects: Black-footed ferret--Protection, Endangered species--Protection, Environmental policy--Mexico, Mexico--Environmental policy, United States--Environmental policy
...over the Chihuahuan grasslands last fall as wildlife biologist Rurik List reached down and opened the door to one of several pet...Janos is the best, unspoiled land for ferrets left," declares Rurik List, who helped study and restore black-footed ferrets to...
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Geoffrey Hosking
Magazine article by Daniel Snowman; History Today, Vol. 50, July 2000
Subjects: Historians--Biography, Hosking, Geoffrey--Biography
...immediately, Hosking tells me he is correcting the proofs of a discursive volume covering the whole of Russian history, from Rurik and Rus to the Russian Federation of Putin. Here, too, the people-empire hypothesis remains as a building block. But for...
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NEW CHANCE FOR FERRETS? This September, the Most Endangered Mammal in the United States May Get a Vital Boost-In Mexico
Magazine article by Christie Aschwanden; International Wildlife, September 2001
Subjects: Black-footed ferret--Protection, Endangered species--Protection, Mexico--Plants and animals, National Wildlife Federation--Management, United States. Fish and Wildlife Service--Location
...its identity will be revealed. When we find a ferret without a transponder, it will mean that it is wild-born," says Rurik List, a Mexican researcher involved with the project. Black-footed ferrets are solitary creatures. Territorial behaviors...
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PESOS FOR PARROTS? in a Ground-Breaking Plan on Communal Lands in Mexico, a Controversial New Conservation Strategy Is Taking Flight
Magazine article by Peter Friederici; International Wildlife, July 2001
Subjects: Biotic communities--Research, Forest conservation--Laws, regulations, etc., Mexico--Plants and animals, Parrots--Research
...idea when we were making this deal was that it should be a model that could be applied in other parts of the country," says Rurik List, a Mexican biologist who was one of the representatives of The Wildlands Project in the negotiations. "A success would...
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newspaper articles on: Rurik  - 33 results

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Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 18, 2010
...of Dublin, Ohio and Margaret C. and Thomas A. Rurik of Lisle; son and daughter-in-law, Michael...Mertz and Jillian Mertz of Milwaukee, Brandon Rurik of Missouri and Blake Rurik of Lisle; and five great-grandchildren, Alexa...
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Radio Week; TIM FANNING Picks the Best of This Week's Radio
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 17, 2011
...The Wild East MONDAY, 3.45PM, BBC RADIO 4 *** According to legend, a Viking chieftain called Rurik of Rus gave Russia its name. Rurik united warring Slav tribes, and helped to forge a nation. Martin Sixsmith tries to sift the truth from...
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Today's Radio
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 16, 2011
Subjects: de Waal, Edmund
...production. Russia: The Wild East 3.45PM, RADIO 4 *** According to legend, a Viking chieftain called Rurik of Rus gave Russia its name. Rurik united warring Slav tribes, and helped to forge a nation. Martin Sixsmith tries to sift the truth from...
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The TRUTH about $Cientology; Femailmagazine They Believe We Are All Descendants of Aliens and That Top Level Members - like Tom Cruise - Can Move Objects with Their Minds. but, as This Astonishing Investigation Reveals, Such Secret 'Knowledge' Will Cost You Hundreds of Thousands to Attain. So What HAS Poor Katie Got Herself Into?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 13, 2006
Subjects: Warburg, James Paul
...cat and point to where I see that picture (my eyes). My lecturer, Rurik, grins: See? When youre asked to use your mind, you dont point to the brain. The brain, Rurik says, has no bearing on our thoughts or feelings - its chief function...
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Tom Ticks It to Them; Europa League Crunch
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 20, 2010
...going to be in vain. The home side took off Caca at the break but two minutes after the restart went close to a second goal as Rurik Gislason drove a powerful shot just wide of Randolphs right-hand post. Brown also rejigged at half-time by switching Humphrey...
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encyclopedia articles on: Rurik  - 9 results

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Rurik
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RURIK roo rik, d. 879, semilegendary Varangian...founder of the princely dynasty of Kievan Rus . Rurik and his two brothers, at the head of an...lasted until the 13th cent. The house of Rurik also came to rule the grand duchy of Moscow...
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Kievan Rus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...extending as far N as Novgorod and Vladimir. According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, a medieval history, the Varangian Rurik established himself at Novgorod c.862 and founded a dynasty. His successor, Oleg or Oleh (d. c.912), shifted his attention...
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Russian and Soviet Rulers Since 1462
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RUSSIAN AND SOVIET RULERS SINCE 1462 (table) Russian and Soviet Rulers since 1462 (including dates of rule) House of Rurik Ivan III (the Great), 1462 1505 Vasily III, 1505 33 Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1533 84 Feodor I, 1584 98 House of Godunov...
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Varangians
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Scandinavians who began to raid the eastern shores of the Baltic and penetrate Eastern Europe by the 9th cent. Their leader, Rurik , established himself at Novgorod in 862, thus laying the traditional foundation for Kievan Rus . The Varangians, some of...
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Igor , D. 945, Duke of Kiev
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...successor of Oleg as ruler of Kievan Rus . According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, a medieval history, Igor was the son of Rurik , founder of the Russian princely line. Igors expedition (941) against Constantinople was routed by the Greeks, and in 945...
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