21. Most conspicuously, the treaty regulates the status of the colony of Varangian merchants in Constantinople. 22. According to the Russian Primary Chronicle Chuds bordered on the Varangian Sea ( Baltic sea ). 23. He then travels to Constantinople where he gains renown as a member of the Varangian Guard. 24. Political relations between the Scandinavian tribes and the Varangian Russian states gradually declined, ceasing by 1050. 25. It refers to " Blakumen " who killed a Varangian merchant at an unspecified place. 26. The most famous member of the Varangian Guard was the future king Harald Sigurdsson's Saga. 27. The portages of what is now Russia were vital for the Varangian commerce with the Orient and Byzantium. 28. A note recording the name of one Michael of the Varangian Guard is also found in the text. 29. Numerous Rus'served in the Byzantine army as mercenaries, most notably as the famous Varangian Guard. 30. He came out with the Patriarch to the Golden Milestone before the Great Palace and addressed the Varangian Guard.
