The fifth volume of the Reader “Ancient Rus' in the light of foreign sources” is dedicated to Old Scandinavian sources. Scandinavian written monuments of the 9th-14th centuries. represent one of the largest groups among foreign sources containing information on the history of Ancient Rus'. These include skaldic verses, runic inscriptions, historiographical works, Icelandic sagas (ancestral, royal, about bishops, about ancient times), Norwegian homilaries and lives of saints, Icelandic geographical works, Icelandic annals. The anthology is a supplement to the textbook "Ancient Rus' in the light of foreign sources."