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Slavic Vikings: Rugian deer, Ruthenian ox, and Khazar wolf

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In their articles, some scholars and researchers, as one may find out, tend to attribute certain tribes to specific ethnolinguistic groups without any evidence when the attribution was previously never proved to be valid. But while, in some cases, to confirm the link between a tribe and a language, the use of linguistic means is impossible to avoid - in the others, such a link can be refuted by primary sources even without involving linguistics. An example of the latter that deserves a principal concern is the Norman theory about the origin of Rus'. This myth has not only given rise to a large disinformation field in the historical science, but, along with the non-use of the language as a tool, has affected our understanding of who were the Vikings and whom they were. This video research shows how much we know about them and why so. Narrated Text ( with minor differences; each new timestamp is a new slide on the screen ): ( 00:00 ) Hello Dear Viewers. I'm glad to see you and r