A Tiny Miscellany of Notes on Sources of Modern Russia

History With RCS, Russia: This is a tiny taste of that which we can learn

 

Eight tidbits:

~ Russians are greatly Slavic.
~ Varangian was a name given to Norse(Viking) who were active in the formation of the Kievan Rus.
~ Without Russians, the Allied forces may have lost WWII and WWI.
~There is strong evidence that modern humans were living on the banks of the Don by 35,000 BC.
~ There is good evidence that by 41,000 BC Denisovans and Neanderthals lived 'with' modern humans in Siberian Russia.
~ Tanis is an ancient name for the Don River.
~ Tanis was also the name of a city in the Don River delta on the sea of Azov. Tanis was a city long before the Milesians Greeks founded a trading center there in pre-Roman times.    
~ It may be well to remember that Russians were exploring what are now the US states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and much of California while others were exploring farther south in the name of the king of Spain.


A curious homo sapien might find it interesting to check out online terms
Varangian, Kievan Rus, Don River, Denisovans, Tanis City, Alaska, Milesian, and well beyond; or not.

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by Richard