The Culture of Old Russia

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Lectures and Reading in English

Topic	Web Resources
The Scythians	Slavic Origins: 4,000 BC to AD 862 Timeline The Scythians The Scythians - Seventh Century BCE By Irma Marx The Real Scythians of Messopotamia by Fred Hamori based on a work by Gyula Mészáros Prehistoric Art: The Scythians - the Hermitage Museum Collection Where Did the Scythians Come From? The Horses of the Scythians The Scythian Map Scythia from the Greek Mythology Link
Byzantium: The Empire and Greek Cities on the Black Sea	Timeline of the Byzantine Empire The Byzantine (Later or Eastern Roman) Empire 312-1453 - Timeline A Chronology of Early Byzantine History by Timothy E. Gregory Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Selected Sources on Byzantium Byzantium: The Byzantine Studies page Byzantium & its Neighbors Location Maps: 700AD-1200AD A 16th Century Map of Constantinople For those with fast connections, look at the full size version - really amazing. The Glory of Byzantium from the Metropolitan Museun of Art Restoring the Hagia Sophia Byzantine Chant (Real Audio File, Real Player Required) Byzantine Music Site
The Kievan State	The Origin of the Word 'Rus' Lecture on the Geography of Russia Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Excellent maps Kievan Rus The Founding of the City of Kiev - Primary Chronicle Lecture on the Viking Invasion Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) The Verangians 860-866 - Primary Chronicle The House of Rurik (862-1613) The Vikings in Russia Lecture on Rurik Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Ancient Kiev The Map of Russia 878-912 If you wish to see the expansion of the state through 1430, just view the maps that follow. The Russian Church: An Overview 900-1800 Prince Oleg's Campaign against Constantinople 904-907 - Primary Chronicle Princess Olga 945 - 969 - Primary Chronicle The Christianization of Russia 988 - Primary Chronicle Lecture on the Fall of Kiev Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Architecture Novgorod: St Sophia Cathedral The Churches of Novgorod Kiev: Cave Monastery Literature of the Time Period Zenkovsky's Beginning of the Primary Chronicle From Zenkovsky - "Life of our Blessed Father Theodosius, Abbot of the Crypt Monastery" by the Monk Nestor The Chronicle of Nestor The Novgorod Chronicle: Selected Annals Nestor: The Martyrdom of Boris and Gleb. Ruskaia Pravda: The Short Version The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh The Lay of Igor's Raid
The Growth of Muscovy	Interactive Timeline of Russian History 860-2000 A beautiful site based on a book by James Billington Lecture on the Mongols Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Ancient Russia History of Moscow The Early Days of Moscow Mongol history and chronology from ancient times The Mongol Invasion of the 13th Century The Mongols and the Emergence of Moscow The Mongols and the Cultural Change Lecture on the Mongol Impact Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on the Rise of Moscow Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Vladimir Monomakh Cap of Monomach of the Second Order: Crown of Peter the Great The Rurik Dynasty Lecture on Ivan the Great Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on The Third Rome Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on The Service State Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Ivan the Terrible and the Time of Troubles Prince Andrew Kurbskii, First Epistle Written to the Tsar and Grand Prince of Moscow in Consequence of His Fierce Persecution Lecture on Ivan the Terrible Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on Boris Godunov Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on Tsar Boris Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file-Real Player Required) Lecture on The False Dimitri Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) The Time of Troubles Lecture on the Time of Troubles Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin - Audio/vidio file-Real Player Required Excerpts from "The Domostroi" (mid-16th century) Excerpts from The Code of Law of 1649 (Ulozhenie) The House of Romanov Lecture on the Rise of the Romanovs Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) The Romanovs Samuel Collins on the Court of Aleksei Mikhailovich (1670) Lecture on the 17th Century Russia Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) How Russians Celebrated the Year 1700: Proclamation on the Introduction of a New Calendar, December 20, 1699 Decree on Single Inheritance, March 23, 1714 Lecture on Peter the Great Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin Part 1, Part2, Part 3 (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Pavel Miliukov on the reforms of Peter the Great Lecture on the 18th Century Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Lecture on Catherine the Great Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) Lecture on Rurik Given by Prof. Petrov of University of Wisconsin (Audio/video file, Real Player Required) The History of the Church Russian Orthodox Church (Historical Background) "What are the Differences Between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism?" By Father Michael Azkoul The Council of Florence (AD 1438-1445) Moscow the Third Rome (excerpts) by the monk Filofei Old Believers - A Brief Explanation From Zenkowsky, "The Life of Archpriest Avvakum by Himself" Life of the Archpriest Avvakum (selections) An Account of the Punishment of Avvakum Archpriest Avvakum Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy the "Filioque" Art and Architecture Early Ikons in Russia The Golden Age of Russian Ikons Andrei Rublev Icons The Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Sergiev Posad Kizhi's Wooden Architecture Muscovite Architecture Moscow architecture, XIII-XIX centuries The Trinity-St.Sergiy Lavra