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"Varangian" is what the Byzantines and southern Europeans called the vikings. This particular viking is from Kievan Rus, a Slavic state in today's Ukraine and parts of Russia. The Kievan state made close relations with the Byzantine Empire in the south, which Emperors hired Varangians as their personal guard, believing that the neutrality of the Varangians in the south to be an advantage.
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"Varangian" is what the Byzantines and southern Europeans called the vikings. This particular viking is from Kievan Rus, a Slavic state in today's Ukraine and parts of Russia. The Kievan state made close relations with the Byzantine Empire in the south, which Emperors hired Varangians as their personal guard, believing that the neutrality of the Varangians in the south to be an advantage.
![Image result for varangian rus](https://cdn.statically.io/img/deadliestblogpage.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/1374790.jpg?w=494&h=461)
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