The debate between Norsemen and anti-Normannists has not subsided for almost three centuries. It was attended by such scientists as Lomonosov, Ilovaisky, Gedeonov, Hilferding. In the twentieth century, S. Lesnoy, A. Kuzmin, L. Grot joined the dispute. And here is another book - a blow to the Norman theory - our famous contemporary, Mikhail Zadornov, dedicated to the origin of Prince Rurik and Russian statehood.