(n) :
a group of warrior merchants from Sweden who settled around Kiev and the Dnieper, giving rise to the East Slavic principalities of Rus; the medieval East Slavic principalities, especially Kievan Rus or Kievan Rus'
(n) :
a group of warrior merchants from Sweden who settled around Kiev and the Dnieper, giving rise to the East Slavic principalities of Rus; the medieval East Slavic principalities, especially Kievan Rus or Kievan Rus'