The
"Varyags" (Normans) and the First Bulgarian Kingdom
06:00
26.04.2024
The Varangian-Russian squad in
Byzantium - a miniature from the Chronicle of Ioan Skilitsa
The earliest contacts of the Bulgarians with the Norman "element"
date back to the first half of the 9th century
The main "channel"
for the relations of the First Bulgarian Kingdom with the Normans was the
medieval state of Kievan Rus