HIstory of the Yusupov-Luksiev Family
From: "Striking With the Sword of Heaven." Prince Dmitri Ivanovitch Yusupov-Luksiev DMITRI IVANOVITCH YUSUPOV-LUKSIEV a/k/a TZAIMS LUKSUS, FRSA PART I Chapter 1 The story begins in the land now known as Russia but the individuals concerned are Viking in the 9th century AD and principally with Luki (Loki) the youngest brother of Rurik and Oleg Grand Dukes Princes of Novgorod and Kiev that created Kievan Rus, later ruled by the son of Rurik, Igor and Igor's son, having been given the name Rus from the Scandinavian (Swedish) word Ruotsi, men who row. Fighting amongst themselves, often over the ownership of land. goats, sheep or oxen, the chiefs often called upon the newly arrived, tall peaceful visitors, to be judge and jury and settle any matter. As a result Ulrich and his Viking crew and brothers became leaders in the land and with Ulrick head of the group was called the Grand Duke Rurik. Significantly ignored, Rurik's youngist brother Loki (pronounced Luki), deci...