Truvor Cross on the local cemetery in Izborsk in the Pskov Region, Russia

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According the 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 his grave is under the Truvor Cross according the legend.

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