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| | Rurik Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of what is now Russia from 862 to 1598. |
 | | Among the descendents of the Rurik dynasty are noble families of Russia (Dolgorukov, Repnin, Gorchakov, Gagarin), as well as those of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania (Ostrogski, Wareg-Massalski, Czetwertinski and others). |
 | | The dynasty was established by Rurik, a Varangian ruler of Novgorod, and became extinct with the death in 1598 of the "Imbecile" tsar Feodor I. |
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