...capable of giving them protection, order, and unity. " Our land," they sent word to the Northmen, " is great and bountiful, but there is no order in it ; come and rule over us." Accordingly, in AD 864, Rurik came with his brothers to undertake the task. Their kingdom at first...

...government, so in the ninth century some Slavonic tribes sent a message to the "Northmen" (Scandinavians): "Our land is great and bountiful, but there is no order in it; come and rule over us." Thus invited, though some say as a Conqueror, Ruric, a Scandinavian chieftain, became " Prince of the...

...Vikings, the Slavonians, according to an old chronicle, sent a deputation to the Variags, or Northmen, with the message and the invitation, "Our land is...there is no order in it; come and. rule over us." But this is a mere legend, and it was no doubt as a conqueror that, in AD 864, Rurik, a Varaegr prince,...

...following message to the Scandinavians, from whose depredations they had already begun to suffer : - Our land is great and bountiful, but there is no order in it ; come ye and rule over us.' Dr. V. Thomsen points out, however, that another monkish legend places almost...

...were weary of anarchy, to rulers of whose prowess they had heard. " Our country is large and rich, but there is no order in it, come and rule over us," are the words of this famous invitation. With the arrival of Rurik the country emerged into definite...

...deputation to Rurik, Prince of the Varyags in Sweden, with the words : " Our land is vast and fertile, but there is no order in it. Come and rule over us ! " hence unnecessary and impossible in Russia. The spirit of Christian resignation and self-sacrifice...

...Scandinavia in search of a ruler and, according to a legend, said: "Our country is large and abundant, but there is no order in it; come and rule over us." Thus an alien dynasty, that of Rurik, established itself in the Russian land. In the seventeenth century...

...deputation to Rurik, Prince of the VaryagB in Sweden, with the words: "Oar land is vast and fertile, but there is no order in it. Come and rule over us! " This shows that Russian society is based upon the principle of self-abasement and christian love...

...Russian saying, handed down from the earliest days of Russian history: "Our land is rich and fertile, but there is no order in it. Come and rule over us." But there were some men among the Intelligentzia who were not crushed by the completeness of the Bolshevik...

...the Russian land to the Varengians "from over the sea" runs thus: "Our land is large and prolific, but there is no order in it. Come and rule over us." What is usually given as a sequence to this invitation are the following lines: " There came the Varengian...