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Norwegian Raid of the Rus
Part of the Ladejarl-Fairhair succession Wars
Date997
Location
Result Norwegian Victory
Territorial
changes
Ladoga destroyed
Belligerents
Norwegian Vikings Kievan Rus'
Commanders and leaders
Eiríkr Hákonarson Unknown

The Norwegian Raid of the Rus was a military campaign in 997 led by Eiríkr Hákonarson to the Kievan Rus'. The campaign ended as a success to the Norwegians who ended up destroying the city of Ladoga. Eiríkr Hákonarson led the raid as revenge for Olaf Tryggvason seizing power in Norway.

The raid

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Although there arent any contemporary sources of this event, in the 1980s, Soviet archaeologists unearthed evidence which showed a burning of Ladoga in the late 10th century.[1]



References

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  1. ^ See Jackson 2001, p. 108 or the online edition at "Austr i Gordum. Глава 7". Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2006-05-13..