Rurik and the mystique of true power

With the name of Rüric, a millennial domestic tradition connects the foundation of the ancient Russian state and the Rurikovsky dynasty over the past centuries. According to the Tale of Bygone Years, it is he and two of his brother, Sineus and Trourvor, were called upon by Eastern European tribes on the board. On the right of seniority, Rurik became the first prince, and since both of his brother had soon died, then the density of the dynasty.
An ancient chronicle bypasses the origin of the prince and important details of his life, because so far he remains one of the most controversial and mysterious figures of Russian history. Historian M. SERYAKOV, wondering who was Rurik and his brothers, talks about the state of affairs in the north of Eastern Europe in the 9th century before the vanity of the Varana Princes, and about those specific reasons that prompted local tribes to make exactly such a choice