Nestor, apud Leveque, Hist. de Russie, tom. i. p. 78 - 80.
From the Dnieper, or Borysthenes, the Russians went to Black Bulgaria, Chazaria, and Syria.
To Syria, how? where? when? May we not, instead of
read
(de Administrat. Imp. c. 42. p.113)?
The alteration is slight; the position of Suania, between Chazaria and Lazica, is perfectly suitable; and the name was still used in the 11th century (Cedren. tom. ii. p. 770).