Truvor Cross at the rural cemetery in Izborsk, Russia.


Truvor Cross at the rural cemetery in Izborsk, Russia. According the Russian Primary Chronicle Truvor was a brother of mythological Varangian prince Rurik, the first ruler of Russian tribes and the founder of the Russian State. Truvor ruled in Izborsk and according the legend his grave is under the Truvor Cross.


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