Rjurik

Rjurik (?–879), legendarni varjaški knez (po rus. ljetopisima); s braćom Sineusom i Truvorom zavladao u Novgorodu 862; njegovi potomci Rjurikovići vladali su Rusijom do 1598. Glavni članovi loze: Oleg Mudri (879–912), Igor (912–45), Svjatoslav I (945–72), Vladimir I (980–1015), Vladimir II (1113–25), Jurij Dolgoruki (1149–57), Aleksandar Nevski (1242–63), Ivan III. Veliki (1494–1505), Ivan IV. Grozni (1547–84).