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The Ruling Families of Rus
This is a new history of the region known as Kyivan Rus', a state in eastern and northern Europe from the late ninth to the mid-sixteenth century that encompassed a variety of …
Muscovy and the Mongols
The importance of the Mongols’ impact on the Rus lands has been recognised by many scholars, but its precise nature and extent is very contentious. While diverse opinions exist on …
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe, 900-1400
Portraits of Medieval Eastern Europe provides imagined biographies of twenty different figures from all walks of life living in Eastern Europe from 900 to 1400. Moving beyond the …
Poltava 1709
The Battle of Poltava has long been recognized as a crucial event in the geopolitical history of Europe and a decisive point in the Great Northern War between Sweden and the …
Russia in the Early Modern World
A fundamental problem in studying early modern Russian history is determining Russia's historical development in relationship to the rest of the world. The focus throughout this …
History as Therapy: Alternative History and Nationalist Imaginings in Russia
This astonishing book explores the delusional imaginings of Russia's past by the pseudo-scientific 'Alternative History' movement. Despite the chaotic collapse of two empires in …
Portraits of Old Russia
This book introduces readers to a little-known place and time in world history – early modern Russia, from its beginnings as Muscovy, in the fourteenth century, through the reign …
Who Wrote That?
Who Wrote That? examines nine authorship controversies, providing an introduction to particular disputes and teaching students how to assess historical documents, archival …
Europe, Byzantium, and the "e;Intellectual Silence"e; of Rus' Culture
This book sets out to answer the question of why Eastern Church writers showed no interest in analytical reasoning - the so-called "e;intellectual silence"e; of Rus' …
The Povest’ vremennykh let
The Tale of Bygone Years (Povest’ vremennykh let) is the most important source for the history of early Rus’. Full of stories of grand princes and saints, monks, and knightly …
Nationalist Imaginings of the Russian Past
Anatolii Fomenko is a distinguished Russian mathematician turned popular history writer, founder of the so-called New Chronology school, and part of the explosion of alternative …
Russia in the Early Modern World
A fundamental problem in studying early modern Russian history is determining Russia’s historical development in relationship to the rest of the world. The focus throughout this …