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1. Rus

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   The earliest documented mention of the term Rus' appears in the Annales Bertiniani (Annals of St. Bertin) under the year 839 CE, referring to a delegation of people identifying themselves as Rhos who sought permission from the Frankish Emperor Louis the Pious to return home after visiting Constantinople.
   The primary source material concerning the establishment of the Rus' dominion is the Primary Chronicle (also known as the Tale of Bygone Years), which relates the invitation of the Varangian chieftains, including [Rurik](/entr…