O drevneyshey istorii severnyh slavyan do vremen Ryurika, i otkuda prishel Ryurik i ego varyagi

Predlagaemaya chitatelyu kniga posvyaschena odnomu iz slozhneyshih voprosov stanovleniya Kievskoy Rusi - voprosu o prizvanii varyagov i ih etnicheskom proishozhdenii. Avtor analiziruet pervoistochniki i kommentiruet trudy svoih predshestvennikov, v chastnosti N.M.Karamzina, a takzhe predstavlyaet rezul'taty sobstvennyh issledovaniy po dannoy teme. On privodit dokazatel'stva togo, chto varyagi byli slavyanami i prishli iz-za ozera Il'men', kuda pereselilis' s Yuzhnoy Pribaltiki zadolgo do etogo. V kachestve prilozheniy v knigu vklyucheny stat'i, v kotoryh avtor razbiraet istoriyu severnyh slavyan do vremen Ryurika, obraschayas' k "Povesti vremennyh let" Nestora, islandskim sagam i drugim istochnikam, zatragivaet problemu "slavyanstva" gunnov, a takzhe rassmatrivaet nekotorye drugie chastnye voprosy.