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Rurik, a Viking chieftain, is considered to be the founder of the Rurik Dynasty which ruled the Kievan Rus. The Kievan Rus is an area that would eventually become Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The first Tzar (ruler) of Russia, more or less as we know it today, was Ivan the Terrible (IV).

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