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21H.326

The Making of Russia in the Worlds of Byzantium, Mongolia, and Europe

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 1998

Topics

  • Introduction: Geography, Sources, Background
  • The Origins of Rus'
  • The Rise of the Kievan State, 10th-11th centuries
  • The State Structure of Kievan Rus’, 11th-12th c.’s
  • Economics and Society in Kievan Rus'
  • Succession Struggles
  • Novgorod, Galycia-Volynia, and Kievan Foreign Affairs
  • Mongol Conquest
  • The Russian Lands within the Golden Horde
  • The Rise of the Daniilovichi
  • Unification and Centralization
  • Domestic Life in Muscovy
  • Ivan the Terrible
  • Government and Politics
  • Community and Law
  • The Time of Troubles
  • Reconstruction and the First Romanovs
  • Law and Society
  • Social Critics
  • The Church and the Schism
  • Peter the Great: Personality and Challenges
  • Peter the Great: Taxes and Serfdom
  • 18th Century Government and Politics
  • Religion and Social Order
  • Everyday Life
  • Peter the Great’s Heritage

Readings

  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “East Slavs and Kievan Rus’”. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 3-11.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Varangians”. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991. Pp. 6-9.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Viking Influences”. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 14-20 and 11-13.
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  • Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of Russian History. Routledge, 2002, Pp. 1-14.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Byzantine Relations, Olga, Sviatoslav.” 3rd ed. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991. Pp. 9-30; “The Struggles of 976-980.” Pp. 47-49. (up to “Vladimir then began to reign alone in Kiev”.)
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  • Martin, Janet. “Vladimir I (980-1015)”. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 1-20.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Conversion to Christianity”. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 60-71.
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  • Martin, Janet. “Princes & Politics (1015-1125).” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 21-56.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “City-state”. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 30-37.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Struggles,” (pp. 49-64), and “Testament,” (pp. 65-72). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. 1991.
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  • Martin, Janet. “Kievan Rus’ Society.” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 57-89.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Russkaia Pravda, Economy, and Society”. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 26-29, 38-44 and 49-54.
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  • Martin, Janet. “The Final Century [1139-1237].” In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 90-133.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Andrei Bogoliubskii,” (pp. 72-76), and “Host of Igor,” (pp. 77-92). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991.
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  • Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. 124-133.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991. Pp. 114-132.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 44-48, 54-59 and 71-87.
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  • Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 134-57.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 146-70.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 99-102.
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  • Martin, Janet. In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 158-98
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. “Mongol Rule and the Orthodox Church,” (pp. 174-77), and “Resistance to the Mongols,” (pp. 177-82). In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Ideology of Silence.” In Reinterpreting Russian History. Pp. 104-7.
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  • Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 199-235.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 190-202.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Dmitrii Donskoi,” (pp. 87-90), and “Andrei Rublev,” (pp. 140-45). In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
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  • Martin, Janet. (1425-1533). In Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 236-266.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 237-43, 259-61 (Contarini, Filofei).
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. “Statebuilding.” In Reinterpreting Russian History . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 103-4; Annexation, pp. 90-99.
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  • Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 267-301.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-22 and 243-58 (Sudebnik).
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 114-22 (judgment charters).
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  • Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 327-47 (top).
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 276-305.
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  • Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Pp. 347-371.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 305-321 (optional to p. 325).
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 150-171.
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  • Dewey, Horace W., and Ann M. Kleimola. “Suretyship and Collective Responsibility in Pre-Petrine Russia.” Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas 18 (1970): 337-354.
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  • Dewey, H.M. and Ann M. Kleimola, Russian Private Law. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1973, Pp. 19-22 and 245-248.
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  • Dewey, H.M., Muscovite Judicial Texts. Ann Arbor: Michigan Slavic Materials, 1966, Pp. 33-4.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 172-76 and 183-92 (slavery, boyars, women).
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 325-332 (Possevino).
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century . Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 3-68.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 355-359 and 372-78.
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century . Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 69-94.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 399-425 (Olearius).
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. In A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century . Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 136-99.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 221-222, 255 (art. 57), 372-375, 425-441 and 460-61.
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century . Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 255-301.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Pp. 451-59 and 461-470 (Kotoshikhin, Krizhanich).
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. In Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century . Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994. Pp. 302-41.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700 . 3rd ed. Pp. 479-488 (Avvakum).
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993, pp. 13-40 and 70-94.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 268-85.
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 143-83.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 290-311.
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 184-202.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 226-29, 232-41, 246-50, 312-21 and 325-33.
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M. E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 203-43.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 334-350.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, Pp. 351-79.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. In Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700 . 3rd ed. Pp. 497-503.
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. Pp. 267-98.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. In Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 386-414.
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  • Anisimov, Evgenii V. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress Through Coercion in Russia. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 1993.
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  • Dmytryshyn, Basil. Medieval Russia: A Source Book, 850-1700. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1991.
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  • Kaiser, Daniel H., and Gary Marker, eds. Reinterpreting Russian History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
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  • Kliuchevsky, V. O. A Course in Russian History: The Seventeenth Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1994.
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  • Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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