About the Ancestral Home of the Ilmenian Slavs and Varangian Rus'
The article is dedicated to the problem of the emergence of Ilmenian Slavs and Varangian Rus'. The article examines the problem of setting by the Baltic Slavs of the northwest part of the Russian plain. The dispute on the West-Slavic or Scandinavian origin of the Varangian Rus' is one of the key questions in the context of "Varangian-Rus" discussion. Special attention is paid to the latest achievements of Archaeology, Anthropology, Genogeography and Onomastics. The data prove that the Ilmenians Slavs and Varangian Rus', in the territory of Ancient Rus' appeared as a result of migrations from South Baltic region (with two basic hearths of migration: from lower reaches of the Oder and Vistula rivers). It is proved that Varangian Rus' is composed of descendants of assimilative Slavs bits and pieces of Rugian tribes. Proofs are adduced, that the name of prince Rurik, can be a nickname indicative into place, from where he was by birth, and he - could be the continuer of assimilative Slavs dynasty of gentlefolks of tribe of Rugians tribe. It is shown that the hypothesis establishing relation between Ilmenian Slavs and Varangian Rus' and the Baltic Slavs is the most promising one.