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Historians in pre-revolutionary Russia, in the Soviet Union, in contemporary Russia, and in the West have consistently relegated the medieval dynasty of Chernigov to a place of minor importance in Kievan Rus'. This view was reinforced by the evidence that, after the Mongols invaded Rus' in 1237, the two branches from the House of Monomakh living in the Rostov-Suzdal' and Galicia-Volyn' regions emerged as the most powerful. However, careful examination of the chronicle accounts reporting the dynasty's history during the second half of the twelfth and the first half of the thirteenth century shows that the Ol'govichi of Chernigov successfully challenged the Monomashichi for supremacy in Rus'. Through a critical analysis of the available primary sources (such as chronicles, archaeology, coins, seals, 'graffiti' in churches, and architecture) this 2003 book attempts correct the pervading erroneous view by allocating to the Ol'govichi their rightful place in the dynastic hierarchy of Kievan Rus'.

Chernihiv, House of. --- Kievan Rus --- Kings and rulers. --- History --- Russie kiévienne --- Rois et souverains --- Histoire --- Arts and Humanities --- Cernigov --- Kievan Rus - Kings and rulers. --- Kievan Rus - History - 862-1237.

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This book provides a thorough survey and analysis of the emergence and functions of written culture in Rus (covering roughly the modern East Slav lands of European Russia, Ukraine and Belarus). Part I introduces the full range of types of writing: the scripts and languages, the materials, the social and physical contexts, ranging from builders' scratches on bricks through to luxurious parchment manuscripts. Part II presents a series of thematic studies of the 'socio-cultural dynamics' of writing, in order to reveal and explain distinctive features in the Rus assimilation of the technology. The comparative approach means that the book may also serve as a case-study for those with a broader interest either in medieval uses of writing or in the social and cultural history of information technologies. Overall, the impressive scholarship and idiosyncratic wit of this volume commend it to students and specialists in Russian history and literature alike. Awarded the Alec Nove Prize, given by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for the best book of 2002 in Russian, Soviet or Post-Soviet studies.

Communication and culture --- Written communication --- Communication écrite --- Communication et culture --- Kievan Rus --- Russie kiévienne --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- 091 <47> --- 091 <47> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie --- Written communication - Kievan Rus. --- Communication and culture - Kievan Rus. --- Culture and communication --- Culture --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Although new histories of Russia, often reflecting the author's cultural slant, appear regularly, there is a dearth of books that explain the Russian perspective. This work takes the opposite approach by acquainting readers with some of the foremost ideas in Russian cultural history. This book contains twelve color photographs and sixteen black and white photographs.

Kievan Rus -- Civilization. --- Kievan Rus -- Intellectual life. --- Russia -- Civilization. --- Russia -- Intellectual life. --- Russia (Federation) -- Civilization. --- Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life. --- Russian literature -- History and criticism. --- Soviet Union -- Civilization. --- Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. --- Russian literature --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Russia & Former Soviet Republics --- History and criticism --- Kievan Rus --- Russia --- Soviet Union --- Russia (Federation) --- Intellectual life. --- Civilization. --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Intellectual life --- Kyivan Rus' --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the origins of the East Slavic nations and the essential similarities or differences between their cultures. It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' the Rus' past on behalf of existing national projects, laying the groundwork for understanding of the pre-modern history of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The book covers the period from the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and his eighteenth-century successors, by which time the idea of nationalism had begun to influence the thinking of East Slavic elites.

Slavs, Eastern --- Ethnic identity. --- History. --- Origin. --- Religion. --- Europe, Eastern --- Slavic countries --- Kievan Rus --- East Slavs --- Eastern Slavs --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Slaves --- Russie --- Ukraine --- Histoire

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In The Nature and the Image of Princely Power in Kievan Rus', 980-1054 , Walter K. Hanak offers a critical analysis of the annalistic, literary, and other works that provide rich if conflicting and contradictory information on the nature of princely power and their image or literary representations. The primary sources demonstrate an interaction between the reality and the notions concerning princely power and how this power generates an image of itself. The author also analyses the textual incongruities that appear to be a reflection of a number of currents -- Byzantine, Varangian, Khazar, and Eastern Slavic. The secondary sources provide a variety of interpretations, which Hanak seeks to uphold and dispute. His stress, however, is to view this evidence in the light of a newly Christianized state and the launching of a maturative process in its early history.

Princes --- Royalty --- Courts and courtiers --- Kievan Rus --- Ukraine --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- History --- Kings and rulers. --- Sources. --- Russie kiévienne --- Histoire --- Rois et souverains --- Sources --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ