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They’re not from Brazil, but Arthania and Kuyaba were two of the three realms the lands of these people were divided into by Arab authors. Some scholars have postulated a controversial hypothetical state of these people based on use of the word “chacanus” (“hah-kah-nooss”) in texts like the Annales Bertiniani. A controversial document may reference a king of these people when using the letters HLGW. (15[1])Modern nationalists who claim that these people were almost entirely autochthonous are called (*) anti-Normanists. The founder of a dynasty of these people was “called” to rule a city known to a people to their west as Holmgard. They aren’t Bulgars, but the hygiene of these people was criticized by Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān. An elite bodyguard unit for Byzantine emperors was named these people, the Varangian Guard. For 10 points, name these people who founded a state governed from Kyiv. ■END■

ANSWER: Rus’ [or Kievan Rus’ or Variags; accept Varangians until “Varangian” is read; prompt on Slavs, Russians, Ukrainians, Ruthenians, Vikings, Norsemen, Swedes, or Scandinavians] (Chacanus is a latinization of “khagan.”)
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