Comments by "Julian Petkov" (@julianpetkov8320) on "Farmers To Raiders: The Mysterious Origins Of The Vikings | Wings Of A Dragon | Timeline" video.

I think the biggest mistake is about the fictional "Swedish vikings Rus". The word "rus" is a Greek mispronunciation of the Bulgarian word ryzh (rye) it also means ginger or redhead. This is what we in Bulgaria nicknamed the Kievans during the 13th century, when Yakov Svetoslav fled the Mongols to Bulgaria. So we were calling them "gingers" basically, and our Greek neighbors who could not pronounce "ryzh", rendered the word as "rus". It has nothing to do with "Swedish vikings" or any Scandinavians at all.
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@rullvardi Yeah, I've heard that Victorian and later Soviet myth years ago. Our first kings were definitely not vikings and we were called Volgars originally, from Greek - Βούλγαροι (Voúlgaroi) - people from around the river Volga.
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@gupna2755 Then why didn't Yakov Svetoslav flee the Mongols to Sweden, instead of Bulgaria on the Balkans? Surely he was a "Viking" and all the hippie jive. LOL
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