>>19057451Wut? Uralic, slavic and viking tribes formed the Rus state. Most of Russia had Uralic speaking people.
>According to Old East Slavic chronicles the Chudes were one of the founders of the Rus' state.>The Russian Primary Chronicle describes Chudes as cofounders of the Rus' Khaganate state along with Veps, Ilmen Slavs and Vikings. In other ancient East Slavic chronicles, the term "Chudes" refers to several Finnic tribes, proto-Estonian groups in particular. In 1030 Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kiev won a military campaign against the Chuds and established a fort in Yuryev (present day Tartu, in southeastern Estonia). Kievan rulers then collected tribute from the Chudes of the surrounding ancient Estonian county of Ugaunia, possibly until 1061, when, according to chronicles, Yuryev was burned down by another tribe of Chudes (Sosols). Most of the raids against Chudes described in ancient Russian chronicles occur in present day Estonia. The border lake between Estonia and Russia is still called Chudskoye 