Ruosti = Men who row.
I remember the Rurik dynasty was originally invited to rule, as none of the locals could get their shi+ together.
That is pretty the sum of what I remember of that part of Russian history from over three decades ago.
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Pretty good summary actually 
and since you mentioned the origins of ruotsi I had to look it up:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruotsi
Something learned today …
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So basically what happens in Russia and Ukraïne today has been caused by the Swedes?
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Oh, you don’t have to go back to the Vikings, the Russians and the Swedes have been duking it out in Ukraine far more recently…
Battle of Poltava - Wikipedia
Cheers,
M
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The latest time we were at war (nation to nation) was in 1808 when Russia took Finland.
Swedish soldiers also went to Finland in WW II to help Finland against the USSR.
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Not just soldiers…
Cheers,
M
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Just watched “Cold War Killers” with Terance Stamp. The plot concerns a Pembroke found in a lake. One of the stars goes to an English hobby shop and asks for a Pembroke kit. The clerk whips one out and says it from “Airmax”. I couldn’t ID the box, but the movie came out in 1986, long before the Special Hobby kit.
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The logo on that box is very reminscent of an old kit maker but I just can’t place it.
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That’s it! I sure but enough of them as a kid.
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I knew someone had to be out there!
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