Comments by "Майор Туманов" (@user-rz6pw8ve7j) on "Between East and West: The Rus' in Arabic Sources" video.

  1. My ancestors were Balts from Galidia came to Russia in the 11th century (as a deep historical DNA analysis established), as mercenaries to the Ryazan prince, to help conquer and subjugate the lands inhabited by Ugric Finns and collect tribute from them. There they stayed, marrying Slavic and Ugro-Finnish women and even got Ugro-Finnish nicknames.
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