The Norwegian and North Vikings who founded the first Russian State -Rossiya-

That's just a theory.

chinitial wrote:
were known as rus, word related to Viking term rothsmen or oarmen.

Yeah right and the word Sweden (Швеция) related to Russian term for sewer - швец. And Norway surely comes from russian word нора (hole). And Vikings are nothing else than husbands of girl, Вика (Vika) by name.
Very speculative yes!