The monograph is devoted to one of the most pressing topics in Russian and foreign science - the problem of the Varangian Rus ethnic group, which stood at the origins of Russian statehood. A detailed analysis of the source base shows that Varangian Rus’ roots are connected with the Slavic South Baltic Pomerania, which determined in the 9th–11th centuries. life throughout Northern Europe. Other sources of Normanism are revealed, the actual content of the polemics between M.V. Lomonosov and G.F. Miller on the Varangian-Russian issue, the fundamental difference in understanding the essence of anti-Normanism between researchers of the pre-revolutionary period and researchers of the 20th century. The source study part of the work contains a detailed historiographical review of the formation of our most ancient chronicle, the Tale of Bygone Years and the Legend of the Calling of the Varangians. For specialist historians and philologists, anyone interested in Russian history.