Comments by "Любовь Ларина" (@user-rf1qw6qp1r) on "Styrman" channel.

Vikings have never been either a people or a tribe. Scandinavian sagas unequivocally call Vikings despicable pirates without a clan and tribe. They're just rabble.
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The Celts and Germans never invented the ethnonym "Veneds". This is the self-designation of this very large people. Under this name they were described by the Byzantine emperors. The ancient Greeks recorded their name as "enetes" because there was no "v" sound in the ancient Greek language. Veneds formed the basis of the Russian people, on the Russian plain they called themselves Vyatichs, Ventichs.
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@thorspoczta4436 As always, you made a mistake. It happens!
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@thorspoczta4436 Population geneticists and paleogeneticists have proved that the Ural tribes came from Siberia through the northern Urals and appeared on the Russian plain relatively recently, in the first millennium BC. Russian plain was occupied almost immediately after the melting of the glacier by the carriers of haplogroup R1A, the ancestors of the archaeological culture of corded ceramics, whose descendants are Russians.
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@zipperpillow The historical region of Volyn and its inhabitants Volynians were known to the authors of ancient chronicles. The current division into modern states is the result of a long and contradictory historical development, during which the peoples could not maintain their unity.
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@zipperpillow The Vened city of Lipetsk was captured by the Saxons and they changed its name to Leipzig. There is a city of Lipetsk in Russia. Drezdno, which is now called Dresden, has a similar fate.
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@zipperpillow In fact, there are much more Venedian names in Germany. Moreover, all toponyms in Europe that have a part of Wend, Venden and the like are a direct indication of the fact that the Wends lived there. For example, Vendee.
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@zipperpillow There is a historical region of Roussillon in France. Since ancient times, the capital of Roussillon has been the city of Ruskino. This toponym clearly indicates which people lived there.
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@zipperpillow It is quite possible, but it is quite obvious that already in ancient times there was a Russian people.
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@zipperpillow The word "Rus" means "a light".
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@zipperpillow From this noun in the Russian language there is an adjective - "rusy". It means "light".
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@zipperpillow I pointed out the fact of the existence in the Russian language of an adjective formed from the noun "Rus". Moreover, the meaning of the adjective exactly corresponds to the meaning of the noun.
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@zipperpillow This word is very ancient and it can be found in the satem Indo-European languages, for example in Avestan and in Sanskrit, of which the Russian language is a very close relative.
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@zipperpillow There has never been a state with the name "Kievan Rus".
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@zipperpillow The word "Russian" is derived from the word "Rus' ", which is primarily derived from the word "Rus". "Rus' " is a collective from the word "Rus". Just like "distance - dal' ", "width - shir' ", "depth - glub' ", "green - zelen' ", "blue- sin' ". Also as "zhmud' ", "sum' ".
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@zipperpillow You made a mistake. In the Tale of Bygone Years, it is written in Old Russian in white that Rurik, on the recommendation of Gostomysl, was invited to reign in Veliky Novgorod and came together with his people with the name "Rus' ". Rurik was the son of the daughter of Gostomysl Umila. Most likely you do not know that the Neman River in its lower course is called Rusna. That's where the Rus people came from. Neither the people of Rus nor Rurik had anything to do with the Goths or the Scandinavians. They were Veneds.
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@zipperpillow The Wends experienced military and religious pressure from Catholics - Saxons, Franks, Danes and Poles. The popes declared military crusades against the Veneds, many of whom were already Christians by that time, but not Catholics and did not obey the popes. A significant part of the Veneds, mainly Rus, migrated to the Russian Plain. This corresponded to their economic interests, because they needed control over the main trade routes - the Volga to Persia and China and the Dnieper to Byzantium. Until that time, the main route was the Vistula to the Eastern Roman Empire, but after the arrival of the Avars it became very unreliable. The first Russian Knyaz's - Oleg, Igor Rurikovich and Svyatoslav Igorevich saw their main political tasks as guaranteeing control over these routes. They solved all these tasks quickly and efficiently. Khazaria, which blocked the Volga way, was destroyed by Svyatoslav, and Oleg nailed his shield on the gates of Constantinople.
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@zipperpillow Igor Rurikovich obtained from the Emperor of Byzantium the granting of exclusive rights to Russian merchants. Vladimir Svyatoslavovich, by taking Tauric Chersonesos, forced the emperor to give his sister to him as a wife. It is necessary to pay attention to the historical fact: the emperors of Byzantium called the Russian knyaz' "Brother", which meant recognition of the equality of religious and hierarchical position between the Emperor and the Knyaz'. The Byzantines did not address the Frankish kings and emperors in this way.
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@zipperpillow It is wrong to call Russian Knyaz's as Scandinavian mercenaries. The Veneds independently solved their own trade, political and military tasks, integrating their old homeland - the southern coast of the Varyagian Sea, the new homeland - the northwest of the Russian Plain with trade routes to the south - the Dnieper and to the east - the Volga.
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@zipperpillow The Russ had even more far-reaching plans. They carried out an expansion into the Southern Caspian region by capturing the city of Berdaa. However, their campaign was not crowned with success.
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@zipperpillow The language spoken and written by merchants, Knyaz's and ambassadors, historians and linguists is called the Old Russian language. So the ambassadors, , Knyaz's and merchants were Russians. They were from different cities of the Russian state. From Novgorod, Pskov, Ladoga, Belozero, Smolensk, Polotsk. Including from Kiev, which Knyaz' Oleg, arriving from Novgorod, appointed "mother of Russian cities." That is, the metropolis. Oleg died in 912. So he uttered his phrase long before that year, ,in 882: И сѣде Олегъ, княжа в Киевѣ, и рече Олегъ: «Се буди мати городом русскымъ». И бѣша у него словѣни и варязи и прочии, прозвашася русью...
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@zipperpillow You can have your own opinion, but it is at odds with the opinion of scientists.
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@zipperpillow Quite right, the Volga trade route was the most ancient and it was along it that the maximum number of coin hoards was found. The Dnieper way began to be actively used only after the Avars blocked the Vistula way.
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@zipperpillow In fact, the Dnieper trade route was used by the ancient Greeks, who exported grain, wax and honey along it, but the volume of trade was relatively small. The Veneds were looking for a replacement for the Vistula trade route for the export of their goods, which they produced in large numbers in their cities on the coast of the Varyagian Sea, as well as for the export of furs to the south from Great Perm. The volume of this trade was orders of magnitude higher than the volume of grain trade produced in the Dnieper region.
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@zipperpillow As always, you made a mistake. The term "Russia" was first used by the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in his essay "On the Management of the Empire", written in the first half of the 10th century. He also used the terms "Great Russia" and "Little Russia" for the first time.
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@zipperpillow And what difference does it make where the PVL was written? It was written in the capital of Russia, which was moved by the decision of the Russian Knyaz' Oleg from Novgorod the Great to Kiev. And before Novgorod, Ladoga was the capital of Russia. And after Kiev, Vladimir became the capital of Russia, then Moscow, then St. Petersburg, then Moscow again, then St. Petersburg again, then Moscow again. The main thing is that it is the capital of Russia. Russians decide for themselves which city will be the capital of their state. If there is a capital as the seat of the sovereign, then there is a state. If there is no state, then there is no capital either.
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@zipperpillow A very important feature of the state structure of the Russian state in that era was the fact that Knyaz's moved from one city of the state to another by seniority. This led to the maintenance of uniformity in governance and the general unity of a huge state in terms of area and population. As soon as the Knyaz's decided to reign only in their fiefdoms, the previously unified state immediately entered a phase of feudal fragmentation. However, the coherence and understanding of the common historical fate of the Knyaz's was not lost, and the troops of all Russian Knyaz'doms came to the Kalka River to fight with the Tatar-Mongols.
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@zipperpillow The reason for Russophobia is a dense lack of education.
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@zipperpillow Kiev was chosen by Oleg as the capital of the Russian state because of the convenience of controlling the Dnieper trade route to Constantinople. As soon as Byzantium entered a state of economic and industrial decline, which happened in the 12th century, the Dnieper trade route immediately lost its relevance for the Veneds and for the Russians. This was immediately reflected in the desire of the Russian knyaz's to isolate themselves and to move the capital to Vladimir on the tribal territory of the Vyatichi. It was the Vyatichi language that became the basis of the modern Russian language.
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@zipperpillow That's exactly what kind of state there has never been, so it's just "Kievan Rus". Just a Russian state. At an early stage, the term "Russian Land" was used.
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@zipperpillow I have already written above that the term Russia was first used by the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine Porphyrogenitus. He also wrote about Little Russia. So I'm not confusing anything. Russophobia is tearing you apart into a thousand little banderas. The reason for Russophobia is a dense lack of education. Your writing is a vivid testimony to this.
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@zipperpillow Indeed, Konstantin Porphyrogenitus wrote about internal Russia and about external Russia, but in any case he wrote about Russia.
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@zipperpillow However, the terms Little Russia and Great Russia are not a Russian invention. These terms were also used for the first time in the literature by the Byzantines. It happened in the middle of the 14th century.
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@zipperpillow The Byzantine Emperor John Kantakuzin also wrote about Μικρά PωσίΑ in 1347.
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@zipperpillow Do you think he was an agent of Putin?
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@zipperpillow Well, you see what a wonderful discovery you have made for yourself with my help)). At least now you know exactly when and where the name of the state of Russia first appeared in world literature. This happened in the first half of the 10th century. It's been a long time, hasn't it?
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@zipperpillow The full legal name of the state was the Grand Duchy Lithuanian and Russian, the official language was Russian.
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@zipperpillow The Russian state was in limited vassalage to the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde was obliged to place its army at the disposal of the Russian knyaz's, as it was, for example, during the battle on Lake Chudskoe with the knights of the Teutonic Order. And the Russian knyaz's did not provide their squads to the Golden Horde khans. Dependence was limited only to receiving labels for the Grand Reign and the payment of irregular tribute. There was no question of any slavery.
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@zipperpillow The time of the first use of the term "Little Russia" in world literature was 1347. Congratulations on this discovery!
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@zipperpillow Without Russians and without the Russian language even in the Grand Duchy of Lithuanian and Russian it was impossible to live))
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@zipperpillow You wrote about the events of the 14th century, about the fact that the right bank of the Dnieper belonged to the Russians, who were the state-forming people of the Grand Duchy Lithuanian and Russian. What is Belarus like in the 14th century? You're delirious, my friend. The dream of mind gives birth to Russophobic monsters!
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@zipperpillow As always, you made a mistake. The Golden Horde lived without raids. She lived off the tribute. The raids were carried out by Crimean Tatars. For example, they were the ones who stole Roksolana and sold her to the Turks, who made her the wife of one sultan and the mother of another Turkish sultan. Except she didn't live in Russia.
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