They create their own principality, but eventually they go native. They speak Slavic language, they write Slavic or Old Ukrainian or Old Ruthenian, Church Slavonic, the Slavonic language of the literature of the Church is there. We don't hear about Vikings per se after the first to second generation. You know, reading your book made me realize that not only do I not know anything about Viking history, but it sure seems fascinating. I had no real appreciation for how much Vikings were using the river systems in Europe to come down into the continent and conquer territories. Yes, this is fascinating story and history in its own right. It is also very interesting that today archaeologists can tell you who the Viking is and who not is the Viking in places like Ukraine. Because the Vikings have, they were traveling on the boats, right? So they were rowing. One theory is that rowers, that's the meaning of the term also Rus, the term Rus and eventually Russia comes from the Finnic or Swedish (15/40)
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