Askold and Dir
From among Rurik's entourage it also introduces two Swedish merchants Askold and Dir (in the chronicle they are called "boyars", probably because of their noble class). The names Askold () and Dir () are Swedish; the chronicle says that these two merchants were not from the family of Rurik, but simply belonged to his retinue. Later, the "Primary Chronicle" claims, they conquered Kiev and created the state of Kievan Rus' (which may have been preceded by the Rus' Khaganate).