Rus' and Russians were discussed with historian Evgeny Yuryevich Spitsyn.

00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:45 Speculation on the emergence of Russians
00:04:40 The Rus' and Norman problems
00:08:50 The Khazar question
00:09:40 Who were the Rus'? Research by Apollon Grigorievich Kuzmin
00:13:20 The Rus' are neither Slavs nor Germans
00:19:40 The size of the Khazar Khaganate and the Alan-Rus'
00:22:00 The Bulgars and Volga Bulgaria
00:26:40 Secrets of the Russian Khaganate
00:28:30 The origin of the Russian princes
00:30:10 Prince Oleg
00:33:00 Prince Igor
00:34:00 The Scandinavian sagas know of no one in Rus' older than Prince Vladimir
00:37:10 The role of the Uralic languages
00:39:00 Veche assemblies and the consanguineous community
00:41:30 Transfer of power
00:44:00 The pogrom of the Khazars in Kyiv
00:47:50 Defeat of the Polovtsians
00:51:10 Reasons for the Failure of Prince Vladimir's Pagan Reform
00:57:30 The Danger of Playing on National Grounds
01:00:30 The Origin of the Russian Language
01:03:20 Words That Have Changed Meaning