“Ancient Russia in the Middle Ages World” is a specialized encyclopedia in Russian devoted to the history and culture of Ancient Russia from its origin to the Mongol invasion in the 13th century . Scientists from the Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences , edited by E. A. Melnikova and V. Ya. Petrukhin, took part in the creation of the encyclopedia. In addition to these authors, Belarusian, Ukrainian and other Russian scientists also worked on the encyclopedia.
| Ancient Russia in the medieval world | |
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| Author | team of authors |
| Genre | encyclopedia |
| Original language | Russian |
| Original published | 2014 |
| Publisher | Ladomir |
| Pages | 992 |
| Carrier | paper |
| ISBN | 978-5-86218-530-0 |
Content
Contents
Encyclopedic articles featured more than 2 thousand, which are listed in alphabetical order and contain information about the most significant events in the history and culture of Ancient Russia in the pre-Mongol period. Their writing took place over two decades by 171 authors, specialists in archeology, history, art history and philology [1] .
The encyclopedia presents all the monuments of ancient Russian literature of the pre-Mongol period, monumental construction, icon painting . And also the ancient Russian cities ( Izborsk , Beloozero , Novgorod and others), the centers of the Baltic ( Birka , Hedeby , Riga , Kolyvan ) and the Black Sea ( Korsun , Korchev ), Itil , Saksin , Tsargrad , Thessaloniki and other cities [2] .
On a linguistic topic, there are articles on Old Slavonic alphabet , Glagolitic , Cyrillic , “Tales of Russian Literature”, the activities of Cyril and Methodius , etc. There are also articles on ancient Russian chronicles , birch bark letters , on the codology of ancient Russian manuscript books, as well as the most famous manuscripts : Ostromir Gospel , Mstislav Gospel , Panteleimon Gospel , Reims Gospel , Sbornoslav Из Izbornik ’ , Kormchi book , etc.
There are detailed historical and archaeological information on the East Slavic, Baltic, Finno-Ugric and Turkic tribes that made up the population of Kievan Rus and the Russian principalities of the X-XIII centuries, or who had trade, military, diplomatic contacts with them. Articles are also presented on the relationship of Ancient Russia with Bulgaria , Poland , the Czech Republic , Prussia , Hungary , Scandinavia , and the Arab Caliphate [3] .
On the topic of economic history, articles have been written on crafts, trade, agriculture, animal husbandry, pottery, construction equipment, tribute, “the way from the Vikings to the Greeks,” the monetary system, money circulation, leather and fur money, tithing, hryvnia, etc. [ 4] .
A lot of articles are devoted to military campaigns, military organization, weapons and protective weapons of ancient Russian squads and military men.
Biographies of prominent figures of history, primarily Old Russian princes, as well as prominent writers and figures of the church: archbishops, bishops, abbots, are included.
The publication is colorfully illustrated with photographs, drawings, maps and tables [1] .
Authors
By the time the encyclopedia was published, some authors were already dead - V. V. Sedov , Y. N. Schapov , A. P. Novoseltsev , G. G. Litavrin , D. A. Avdusin , L. A. Dmitriev , Y. S. Lurie , B.A. Timoshchuk . Among specialists in the field of Old Russian book writing, paleography and literature, S. M. Kashtanov , A. A. Turilov , A. M. Moldovan , L. V. Stolyarova, T. V. Rozhdestvenskaya, M. V. Rozhdestvensky, O. V. Tvorogov , O. A. Belobrova , T. V. Gimon. In archeology - V. L. Yanin , N. A. Makarov , E. N. Nosov , A. N. Kirpichnikov . In linguistics - A. A. Zaliznyak , A. A. Gippius , F. B. Uspensky . On political, social and economic history - M. B. Sverdlov , V. A. Kuchkin , A. A. Gorsky , V. B. Perkhavko, on church history - Yu. A. Artamonov, M. V. Pechnikov. On relations between Russia and neighboring countries - B.N. Florya , E.L. Nazarova, N.I. Shchaveleva. According to ancient Russian art - L. A. Belyaev , O. A. Polyakova.
From the scientific school of V. T. Pashuto took part M. V. Bibikov , A. V. Nazarenko , T. N. Jackson , I. G. Konovalova, T. M. Kalinina , G. V. Glazyrina, V. I. Matuzova and others. Scientists from Belarus and Ukraine also helped in creating the encyclopedia - P. P. Tolochko , N. F. Kotlyar , A. P. Tolochko , M. A. Sagaidak, G. Yu. Ivakin , A. P. Motsya, P. F Lysenko [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Laushkin, 2015 , p. 134.
- ↑ Borovkov, 2016 , p. 114.
- ↑ Melnikov, 2016 , p. 112-113.
- ↑ Bibikov, 2015 , p. 62.
- ↑ Bees, 2016 , p. 170.
Literature
- Bibikov M.V. Economic history in the proceedings of the IVI RAS in 2014 // Economic history. - 2015. - No. 1 . - S. 62-63 .
- Borovkov D.A. Ancient Russia in the medieval world. Encyclopedia // Slavic studies . - 2016. - No. 2 . - S. 114-116 .
- Laushkin A.V. Scientific guide to Ancient Russia (Ancient Russia in the medieval world: Encyclopedia) // Ancient Russia. Questions of Medieval Studies . - 2015. - No. 4 . - S. 134-135 .
- Melnikov G.P. Ancient Russia in the medieval world. Encyclopedia // Slavic studies. - 2016. - No. 2 . - S. 111-114 .
- Pchelov E.V. Ancient Russia in the Medieval World: Encyclopedia // Russian History . - 2016. - No. 1 . - S. 169-171 .
Links
- Ancient Russia in the medieval world // ELIBRARY.ru
- Ancient Russia and the historical umbilical cord // Radio Liberty , 12/26/2014
- The history and culture of Ancient Russia were collected in one encyclopedia // Ridus , 12/25/2014
- The story from Rurik to Batu will be told in a new encyclopedia // Rossiyskaya Gazeta , 12/25/2014
- Encyclopedia of Old Russian Life // The site of the journal "History"
- Tsarenko S.A. About the encyclopedia "Ancient Russia in the medieval world": to appear on the Web . Review.