Traces of Viking raids remain visible in contemporary Russian economy in politics
Vikings were not a uniform phenomenon in ancient Scandinavia. They were part of a complex system of a plunder economy that existed in Europe until the early Middle Ages. With royal power rising, independent raiders either joined the new power, or moved to peripheries. The last dragon ships sailed the Siberian rivers and raided remote areas of Russia still in the late 17[th] century. A new study published in the prestigious Russian History journal shows that traces of Viking raids are still visible in the economic and political development of contemporary Russia. “Raiding by private