Pages: 351-355

Article “Neo-Normanism in Leningrad: Origins and Results” by S. V. Tomsinsky appeared in the journal Stratum Plus no. 5, 2014. This article rises some questions. Why is it called Leningrad’s? Does “Neo-Normanism” exist now? Why “neo-”? There is no reason to distinguish some special kind of “Leningrad’s neo-Normanism” and even fewer reasons to talk about “the end of its development”. Just the other way about, we must point out emergence of a new phenomenon — neo-Antinormanism, which is on the intersection between historical science and folk history.

Keywords: Leningrad’s “Neo-Normanism”, “Normanism”, definition, research area, Varangians, the Rus' people, Normans, Neo-Antinormanism.

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Oleg Gubarev (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation).
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