Smolensk and the Varangians according to the archaeological data
Daniil Antonovic Avdusin
The historical and archaeological sources from the Viking period which concern city of Smolensk large cemetery at Gnyozdovo by river Dnieper are discussed. author examines most important find groups grave types asserts that extremely few specific Scandinavian traits to be found. His conclusion is was founded Slavs before established. fact only a graves known tenth century none ninth eleventh must mean small Scandinavians had settled in area these were rapidly assimilated with Slav groups.
Norwegian Archaeological Review