According to Karamzin the Norse migration formed the basis and justification for Russian autocracy (as opposed to anarchy of the pre-Rurikid period), and Pogodin used the theory to advance his view that Russia was immune to social upheavals and revolutions, because the Russian state originated from a voluntary treaty between the people of Novgorod and Varangian rulers.
Segundo Karamzín, a teoría normanda constituía a base e a xustificación da autocracia rusa (en contraposición á anarquía do período pre-Rúrik), e Pogodin apoiándose na teoría, opinou que Rusia era inmune aos trastornos sociais e ás revolucións, porque o Estado ruso orixinárase nun tratado voluntario entre o pobo de Nóvgorod e os gobernantes varegos.