The beginning of Rus". Ancient history of the Slavs and Scythians

In the capital work of a Russian historian, publicist, author of the five -volume “History of Russia” and a gymnasium history textbook, who withstood 150 publications, editor and publisher of the newspaper “Kremlin” Dmitry Ivanovich Ilovaysky (1832–1920), the beginning of Russian nationality and statehood are studied. In search of an answer to the question Where did the Russian land come from? The author delves into the history of Scythians and Hellenes, Bulgarians and Sarmatians, Khazar and Goths. The issue of calling the Varangians is also considered and the Norman theory of the emergence of princely power and the first state in Rus" is criticized.
For a wide range of readers interested in domestic history