Rus', Russia and National Identity

From: Canadian Slavonic Papers | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Halperin, Charles J | Copyright information

Discussing the "contest for the legacy of Kievan Rus"" during the medieval and early modern periods of East Slavic history, Paul Bushkovitch opined that this question was "essentially meaningless." "What does it mean today to claim the heritage of Kievan Rus', a rather backward early medieval society whose primary cultural products emerged from Orthodox Christianity and a monarchical political order?" Many nineteenth-century scholars thought the issue irrelevant. Nevertheless, Bushkovitch con...

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