State
Early Rus'
Ladoga and Novgorod · the chronicle tradition
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- 862–882
The opening period of the atlas represents the northern centres that the chronicle associates with Rurik and his successors. ‘Early Rus'’ is an explanatory name for this period, not a documented official name of a state.
- Dating
- 862 is the conventional date of the chronicle account of the invitation to the Varangians; reconstructions of the formation of Rus' differ.
- Symbols
- No common state coat of arms or national flag is known for this period. Modern symbols are not projected back into the ninth century.