for the mini-Finnish history lesson VS The Rus. Like most Muricans, I be even more iggorant of Finland (except for Sibelius, maybe) than the rest of the local real estate.
Odd synchronicity: Prince Valiant (the never-ending, best-drawn comic, now done by a successor to Hal Foster) - is embarking on a saga in which an army led by Justinian, accompanied by 'fierce warriors from Rus' - are following a stolen map which purports to show the location [!!] of The Garden of Eden\ufffd.
(Well, they were young, then.. and took things literally. Surely by now.. they no longer do take such things literally. Surely.)
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