So do you think it was actually this way? Or do you think the Varangians maybe forced themselves on the Eastern Slavs and later created this narrative that they were invited to come in? But according to the primary chronicle, we have Rurik coming from Scandinavia to Novgorod and establishing the land of Rus'. Now the word Rus' is really interesting. Most historians believe it to be the source of what we now say Russia or even Belarus, which means white Rus'. Some historians think it comes from the name of Sweden at the time. Some believe that the Rus' were a subgroup of Varangians, of Vikings.