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Rurik

Rurik, founder of the Russian kingdom, in 862 put himself at the head of the Slavs in Novgorod, and conquered (together with his brothers) the whole of the district from Novgorod to what is now LITTLE RUSSIA. On the death of his brothers he united the country under the name of Russia. He died in 879.