In the Footsteps of Rurik. A Guide to the Viking History of Northwest Russia

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Helsinki-Copenhagen: The Northern Dimension Partnership of Culture (NCDP), 2012. — 138 pp.The main objectives of the preprint was to map and give an account of the Viking Route heritage sites located in Russia, to reveal the most important of them and to analyse their status today when it comes to maintenance, marketing and open up for tourism. This book is edited within the Framework Contract: Study on the Viking Route Heritage Sites in Russia financed by the European Commission and implemented by HTSPE and EuroTrends. The idea behind this book is to highlight to the public the deep interaction that were at hand between the Scandinavian countries and the states on the eastern side of the Baltic Sea in the Viking Age, and point out our common history.Content: Vikings in Russia The Viking World. The Eastern connection. Runic inscriptions. Trade Routes. Towns in the Viking world. Politics and assimilation. Places to visit In the footstep of Rurik–places to visit. Staraya Ladoga (Aldeigjuborg). Gorodische (Holmgård) and Novgorod. Izborsk and Pskov. Gnezdovo and Smolensk. Sarskoye Gorodische and Rostov. Timerevo and Petrovskoe. Jaroslavl. Beloozero, Kirillov and Sugorie. Kurkijoki and surroundings. Further readings