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From: Kaare Albert Lie <>
Subject: Re: Yaroslav I & Ingegerda
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 05:55:22 GMT


(Russell Martin) wrote:

>: Interesting, but extremely far-fetched. The national religion of the
>: Khazars was Judaism. How do the descendants of a Jewish dynasty end
>: up with such Scandinavian names as Riurik (Rorik), Oleg (Helgi), Olga
>: (Helga), and Igor (Ingvar)?

>Pritsak does explain origin of Scandinavian names. I suggest you look at
>his *Origins of Rus'*.

Would you please present the main tenets of that explanation to
us?

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Kaare Albert Lie
Norway
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