<p>Swedish Vikings turn east. Navigating their way past fearsome local tribes and roaring rapids, they discover new lands and new rivers - ones that can carry longships right to the steppes of Eurasia. A Viking state is established, the Rus. And it comes with a fearsome matriarch… Olga of Kyiv…</p><br><p>A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Iain Glen.</p><br><p>Featuring Eleanor Barraclough, Stefan Brink, Ben Raffield, Elizabeth Rowe.</p><br><p>Written by Roger Morris | Produced by Jeff Dawson | Executive Producer: Joel Duddell | Research by Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow | Fact check by Grant Jones | Sound Supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by George Tapp | Additional editing by Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix &amp; mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan. Recording Engineer: Tom Rouse at Jungle Studios.</p><br><p>Get every episode of Real Vikings two weeks early and ad-free by joining Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to&nbsp;<a href="http://noiser.com/subscriptions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">noiser.com/subscriptions</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>