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Traditionally, Rurik has been considered the founder of the Rurik dynasty , which was the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and its principalities, and ultimately the Tsardom of Russia , until the death of Feodor I in The earliest mention of Rurik is contained in the Primary Chronicle , traditionally ascribed to Nestor and compiled in c.

Rurik came along with his younger brothers Sineus and Truvor and a large retinue. According to the chronicle, Rurik was one of the Rus' , a Varangian tribe. Most historians believe that the Rus' were of Scandinavian origin, [ 13 ] more specifically from what is currently coastal eastern Sweden around the eighth century. Sineus established himself at Beloozero , and Truvor at the town of Izborsk.

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Truvor and Sineus died shortly after the establishment of their territories, [ 17 ] [ 18 ] and Rurik consolidated these lands into his own territory, extending his rule in northern Russia. The Laurentian Codex of , which contains the oldest surviving version of the Primary Chronicle , states that Rurik first settled in Novgorod "newtown" , while the Hypatian Codex of the s states that Rurik first settled in Ladoga , before moving his seat of power to the newly founded city of Novgorod, a fort built not far from the source of the Volkhov River , where he stayed until his death.

Rurik is said to have remained in power until his death some time in the s. Oleg moved the capital to Kiev by murdering the then-rulers and taking the city and founded the state of Kievan Rus' , which was ruled by Rurik's successors his son Igor and Igor's descendants. The state persisted until the Mongol invasion in Rurik does not appear in the regnal list in the opening section of the Hypatian Codex compiled c.