Cyril and Methodius

Old Church Slavonic

Primary Chronicle/Tale of Bygone Years

Nestor

"trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks"

Dneiper River

podzol and chernozem

Byzantine Empire

Constantine and Constantinople

Vikings

Khazars

origins of "Rus"

Rurik (Riurik) (Рюрик)

Oleg

Igor

Olga

Sviatoslav

Vladimir I (St. Vladimir)

syncretic pantheon

Anna

988

dvoeverie

Iaroslav

Boris & Gleb

Russkaia pravda (short version; expanded version)

Metropolitan of Kiev

"Grand Prince" (velikii kniaz) (великий князь)

princes and principalities

Vladimir Monomakh (and his "Testament")

Mstislav Vladimirovich (i.e., Mstislav son of Vladimir)

Polovtsy/Polovtsians/Kuman/Kipchak

Lay of Igor's Campaign aka Igor Tale (Слово о полку Игореве)

(also, as opera)

Novgorod

veche

fortifications ("Snake Ramparts")

Church Statutes of Vladimir and Iaroslav

(back to syllabus)