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Russian 2304: Russian Culture

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 --Kievan Rus

Yaroslave the Wise
Yaroslav the Wise

Model of Original St. SophiaSancta Sophia

Links:

A brief overview of early Russian history

The Varangians and the founding of Rus (Read entry one only)

Riurik (Wikipedia)

Russian pagan gods and another theory on the origin of the term Rus

Map of Kiev, 10th-13th Centuries

Christian imagery and symbolism of Cathedral of St. Sophia

Cathedral of St. Sophia  Password protected.

The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh (c.1100)

Kievan art   Password protected.

Russkaia Pravda (short)

Russkaia Pravda (expanded)

The Igor Tale  Password protected. Translation by Jack Haney and Eric Dahl.  This and all other password protected material from the course site of Dan Waugh of the University of Washington.  (Also found in the course materials, although this translation is better.)

Translators' Introduction to "The Igor Tale"  Password protected.

Jack Haney's Commentary to "The Igor Tale"  Password protected. 

Vladimir Nabokov's Translation of the Igor Tale

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