330 Index
Romanos I Lekapenos, Byzantine Emperor
162 n. 60
Romashov, Sergei 133, 144 n. 87, 154 n. 20,
198 n. 119, 223–224, 231, 235 n. 47, 263
Rome 244, 258
Romny culture 8–9, 173, 219
Róna-Tas, András 97 n. 363
Ros River 274
Rostam, Persian epic hero 46, 112
Rostislav Vladimirovich, Tmutarakan Prince
209 n. 167, 264
Rostov Lake 153
Rurikids 99, 275
Rus’ 1, 6, 137 and n. 53, 143–147, 149–150,
152–154, 159 n. 44, 160–162, 164,
166 n. 74, 169, 213, 261–262 and n. 186,
263 and n. 196, 264–265 and n. 203,
266 and n. 208
Rus’ campaigns in the Caspian Sea
155–156 and notes 28–30, 163 n. 63
Rus’ diarchy/dual kingship 49, 66–67,
98–99
Rus’ Khaganate/khagans 99 n. 372, 275
Rus’, Kievan/Rus’state 4, 136, 138, 140 and
n. 68, 156 n. 30, 162–163 and n. 63, 166,
169–170, 200 and n. 127, 201 n. 129,
214 n. 198, 226, 262, 265 and n. 205,
266–267, 274–275
Ruse 108, 110
Russia 99, 149, 171, 215 n. 199
Russia, Soviet 214
Soviet archaeology/historiography/
science 130–131, 166, 175, 190, 213–214
Russian Primary Chronicle 99, 133 n. 28, 136,
262–263 and n. 196, 266 n. 208
Rybakov, Boris 2, 213
Saadia (Said) Gaon Al-Fayyumi 47
Sabirs 36–38 and n. 83, 81, 138 and n. 57,
185 n. 65
Sabriel, Khazar ruler 90–92, 94
sacral regicide 18, 65–70, 76 n. 260, 78, 87,
104–105, 115 n. 455, 126
ritual near-strangulation 51, 66–69
sacred/sacral king/kingship 50–51, 65–66,
70, 77–78, 83 n. 296, 86 n. 312, 87,
97 and n. 363, 102, 105, 121, 126, 212, 222,
250–251, 272
sacred mountain 75–76, 101, 106, 113, 237
sacred tree/oak, see world tree
Saffarids 248
Sakas 23, 31, 34
Sakharov, Andrei 141, 265 n. 204
Sakhnovka type monuments/Sakhnovians
189 n. 85
Sala River 209
Salar-Karamanians 123
Sallam Al-Tarjuman 64
Salm, son of Fereydun 45
Saltovians 78, 129 n. 10, 173, 188, 194, 200,
204, 207, 219, 256, 267, 274
Saltovo culture 3, 5, 26–28, 35, 127, 129,
133–134, 138 n. 57, 144–146, 171–173, 182
and notes 55–56, 183 and n. 57, 184,
186 and n. 70, 187 n. 72, 188–189, 191,
196, 213, 214 n. 196, 219 and notes
222–223, 222–223, 244 n. 89
Saltovo hillfort, see Verkhnii Saltov hillfort
Samandar 64, 75, 85, 169, 174, 206, 233–235,
239, 262–263
Samanid state 2, 150, 156–157, 169
Samanids 2, 150, 156, 158, 248, 250
Samarkand 15, 29 and n. 51, 40, 62, 75, 123,
150, 245
Samarkha 40
Samarskaia Luka 191 n. 89
Sambia Peninsula 148
Samkerts 10–14, 134–135, 162, 169, 203,
209 and n. 167, 236, 239–241, 251, 258,
262 n. 186, 263 and n. 194, 264, 267
samodiva 124 and notes 508, 512
Samosdelka hillfort 119 n. 476, 159 n. 43, 240,
244 n. 87, 255
Samuel, Jewish Judge 91, 93
Samuil, Bulgarian Tsar 265
Saragurs 185 n. 65
Sarah, wife of Sabriel 90
Saraswati, Indian goddess 110 n. 429, 125
Sargat culture 34
Sargon, Assyrian ruler 105, 124
Sarir/ Sarirs 135, 155–156, 250
Sarkel 8, 10, 12, 14–15, 56, 129, 132 and n. 24,
134, 159–160, 164, 193–195 and n. 102,
201, 203 and n. 138, 206–209, 236,
239–241, 243–245, 251, 255, 258, 262 and
n. 186, 263 and n. 195