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Introduction to Russian Culture
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9th-17th Centuries
1. Kievan and Muscovite Rus


Overview

  1. Small map of modern Russia
  2. Larger map of modern Russia
  3. Printable map of modern Russia
  4. Russia in Asia
  5. Commonwealth of Independent States
  6. Map of modern Ukraine
  7. Larger map of modern Ukraine
  8. Additional maps
  9. Maps of ancient Rus (in Russian)

Kievan Rus
  1. Kievan Rus
  2. Kievan Rus
  3. Ancient Russia
  4. Princess Olga
  5. Grand Prince Vladimir I
  6. Kievan Rus Under Vladimir I and Yaroslav the Wise
  7. Vladimir Monomakh
  8. Princes of Kiev
  9. State Hermitage Museum: Archeological Artifacts
  10. Women's Clothing in Kievan Rus
  11. Kievan Rus' (Wikipedia)

Muscovite Rus
  1. The Tatar Overloardship
  2. Genghis Khan
  3. Mongol History and Chronology [1236-1240]
  4. Medieval Sourcebook: Tatars
  5. City of Vladimir
  6. City of Pskov
  7. City of Rostov
  8. City of Pereslavl-Zalessky
  9. City of Yaroslavl
  10. Dmitri Donskoi
  11. Muscovite Russia
  12. Ivan the Great
  13. Ivan the Terrible
  14. The Time of Troubles

The Written Legacy of Rus
  1. Cyril and Methodius
  2. Glagolitic alphabet
  3. Old Church Slavonic alphabet
  4. Cyrllic alphabet
  5. Chronicle of Nestor
  6. Novgorod Chronicle
  7. Excerpts from the Primary Chronicle
  8. Excerpts from the Primary Chronicle
  9. Excerpts from the Primary Chronicle
  10. The Martyrdom of Boris and Gleb
  11. Excerpts from the Domostroi
  12. Russkia Pravda
  13. The Lay of Igor's Raid
  14. The "Instruction" of Vladimir Monomakh
  15. The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh
  16. The Zadonshchina
  17. Sermon on Law and Grace
  18. Letters of Ivan IV and Andrew Kurbskii
  19. Excerpts from the Code of Law of 1649

The Russian Orthodox Church
  1. Dazhdbog
  2. Eastern Orthodox Christianity: A Chronology
  3. From the Primary Chronicle: The Christianization of Russia
  4. Moscow the Third Rome
  5. Excerpts from the Life of the Archpriest Avvakum
  6. Surikov's "Boyarinya Morozova"
  7. St. Sergius
  8. St. Nil of Sora
  9. Official Site of the Russian Orthodox Church
  10. Orthodox Catechism
  11. About Orthodox Christianity (Orthodox Church in America)
  12. Differences between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism
  13. On the Question of the Filioque
  14. About the Doukhobors
  15. Russia--Religion (links)

The Architecture of Rus
  1. Constantinople (Istanbul): Hagia Sophia
  2. Kiev: St. Sophia Cathedral
  3. Kiev: St. Michael Cathedral
  4. Kiev Caves Monastery
  5. Novgorod: St. Sophia's Cathedral
  6. The Churches of Novgorod (Russian)
  7. Vladimir: Assumption Cathedral
  8. Vladimir: Cathedral of St. Dmitry
  9. Vladimir: Church of the Intercession on the Nerl
  10. Wooden Architecture
  11. Wooden Architecture of Kizhi
  12. Moscow's Kremlin: Russian National Tourist Office
  13. The Moscow Kremlin (map)
  14. View of the Moscow Kremlin from the Moscow River
  15. St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square
  16. St. Basil's Cathedral at Night
  17. Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery
  18. Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery (YouTube)
  19. A Virtual Tour of the Monastery on Solovki
  20. The Symbolism of Church Architecture (Russian)
  21. Russian Architecture (Wapedia)

Icon Painting and Music
  1. Ikons: Windows into Heaven
  2. Andrei Rubliov Museum
  3. State Hermitage Museum: Icons of Old Russia
  4. Novgorod Icon Gallery
  5. Novgorod Icon Painting
  6. Russian Painting: Icons
  7. An Iconostasis
  8. Return to Russia of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan
  9. Znamenny Chant
  10. Russian Znamenny Chant
  11. Znamenny Chant
  12. Orthodox Music links
  13. Podoben Music links
  14. Orthodox Church in America music downloads

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