 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 941, Igor akatungamirira kumwe kurwisa kukuru kweRuspaConstantinople, zvichida pamusoro pekodzero dzokutengeserana zvakare. Ngarava dzehondo dzezvikepe 10 000, dzaisanganisira dzevaPechene, dzakasvika pamhenderekedzo yeBithynian ndokuparadza mhenderekedzo yeBosphorus iri kuAsia. Kurwisa kwacho kwakaitika panguva yakakodzera, zvichida nemhaka yokuchenjera, sezvo uto reByzantium rakanga rakabatikana navaArabhu muMediterranean, uye chikamu chikuru cheuto raro chakanga chakaiswa kumabvazuva. VaRus vakapisa mataundi, machechi, uye dzimba dzemamongi, vachiuraya vanhu nokuunganidza zvakapambwa. Mambo akaronga kuti boka duku rengarava dzakanga dzasiya basa dzishongedzerwe nevanokanda moto vechiGiriki ndokuzvitumira kunosangana nevaRus, achivanyengedza kuti vakombe boka racho vasati vabudisa moto wechiGiriki. Liutprand weCremona akanyora kuti vaRus, vachiona moto, vakasvetukira kunze kwechikepe, vachisarudza mvura pane moto. Vamwe vakanyura, vakaremerwa nehuremu hwezvipfeko zvavo zvepachipfuva nenguwani; vamwe vakatsva. Vaya vainge vasungwa vaibva vadimburwa misoro. Nzira iyi yakaparadza ngarava dzevaRus, asi kurwisa kwavo kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira kuNicomedia, uye utsinye hwakawanda hwakataurwa sezvo vakaurayiwa vakaroverwa uye vakagadzirirwa kuti vashandiswe sevarwi. Pakupedzisira uto reByzantium rakasvika richibva kuBalkan kuti ridzosere Rus shure, uye chikwata chezvikepe chinonzi chakaparadza zvakawanda zvechikepe cheRus parwendo rwacho rwokudzoka zvichida kuwedzeredza sezvo Rus yakakurumidza kurwisazve. Mugumisiro wacho unoratidza kuwedzera kwesimba rehondo reByzantium kubvira muna 911, kuchiratidza kuchinja kwechiyero chesimba. 