ABSTRACT
The Dnieper Rus were still distinguishable from the local Slavs in the mid-tenth century; but by then the Rus had acquired some non-Scandinavian traits and ornaments while persons not of Scandinavian stock formed part of the élite. See E.A. Mel'nikova and V.J. Petrukhin, The Origin and Evolution of the Name Rus', Tor 23 (1990-91), 203-34.
