The idea of identifying Rurik of Rus' with Rorik of Dorestad was revived by the anti-Normanists Boris Rybakov and Anatoly H. Kirpichnikov in the mid-20th century,Kirpichnikov, Anatoly H. "Сказание о призвании варягов. Анализ и возможности источника". Первые скандинавские чтения, СПб; 1997; ch. 7–18. but Alexander Nazarenko and other scholars have objected to it.Nazarenko, Alexander. "Rjurik и Riis Th., Rorik", Lexikon des Mittelalters, VII; Munich, 1995; pp. 880, 1026.
The idea of identifying Rurik of Rus' with Rorik of Dorestad! was revived by the anti?-Normanists Boris Rybakov and Anatoly H. Kirpichnikov in the mid-20th century,K,irpichnikov, Anatoly H. "Сказание о призвании варягов. Анализ и возможности источника". Первые скандинавские чтения, СПб; !1997; ch. 7–18. but Alexander Nazarenko and other scholars have objected to it.Nazarenko, A:lexander. "Rjurik и Riis Th., Rorik", Lexikon des Mittelalters, VII; Munich, 1995; pp. 880, 1026.