Anyhoo, today I told my in laws about how the #ukranians claim to be descendants of the #viking people. Known as the #varingians, they patrolled the #volga waterways and later established the #Rurik Dynasty in #kyiv... after sacking #Constantinople a couple times, the #byzantine emperor flirted with saint #olga and eventually converted the #kievanRus' to #christianity ... #funfact #history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians