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1、Excerptsfrom"TalesofTimesGoneBy"[Povest'vremennykhlet]TheRussianPrimaryChroniclesSources: PamiatnikiliteraturyDrevneiRusi (DmitriiLikhachev,etc.,eds.MVA:1978)andA.S.Orlovetal.,eds., KhrestomatiiapoistoriiRossiisdrevneishikhvremendonashikhdnei (MVA:1999),incloseconsult
2、ancywithextendedEnglishtranslationsin CPC & ZNC,andexcerptsin DMR
3、 KRR
4、 RRC
5、 VSB,1& ZMRSACeditorhasenteredboldfacefont,hypertextlinksandbracketedsummariesandtransitions,bettertofitthesetextstoourcourse1.Invitationtothe Rus'860-862(6368-6370)[Thefourtribeswhohadbeen
6、forcedtopaytributetotheVarangians--Chuds,Slavs,Merians,andKrivichians]drovetheVarangiansbackbeyondthesea,refusedtopaythemfurthertribute,andsetouttogovernthemselves.Buttherewasnolawamongthem,andtriberoseagainsttribe.Discordthusensuedamongthem,andtheybegantowaroneagains
7、ttheother.Theysaidtothemselves,"Letusseekaprincewhomayruleoverus,andjudgeusaccordingtocustom[ponravu]".ThustheywentoverseastotheVarangians,totheRus.TheseparticularVarangianswereknownas Rus',justassomearecalledSwedes,andothersNormansandAngles,andstillothersGotlanders,f
8、ortheywerethusnamed.TheChuds,theSlavs,theKrivichiansandtheVesthensaidtotheRus,"Ourlandisgreatandrich,butthereisnoorderinit.Comereignasprinces,ruleoverus".Threebrothers,withtheirkinfolk,wereselected.Theybroughtwiththemallthe Rus' andmigrated.Theoldest,Rurik,locatedhims
9、elfinNovgorod;thesecond,Sineus,inBeloozero;andthethird,Truvor,inIzborsk.FromtheseVarangians,theRussianlandreceiveditsname[prozvalas’Russkaiazemlia].ThusthosewholiveinNovgorodaredescendedfromtheVarangiantribe,butearliertheywereSlavs.Withintwoyears,SineusandhisbrotherTr
10、uvordied.Rurikgatheredsoleauthorityintohisownhands,parcelingoutcitiestohisownmen,Polotsktoone,Rostovtoanother,andtoanotherBeloozero.TheVarangiansinthesecitiesarecolonists,butthefirstsettlersinNovgorodwereSlavs;inPolotsk,Krivichians;inBeloozero,Ves;inRostov,Merians;and
11、inMurom,Muromians.Rurikhaddominionoverallthesefolk.TwoofRurik’smen[AskoldandDir]whowerenotofhistribebutwerewarriors[boyare]s
