The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land /
The concept of the Rus' Land (russkaia zemlia) became and remained an historical myth of modern Russian nationalism as the equivalent of "Russia," but it was actually a political myth, manipulated to provide legitimacy. Its meaning was dynastic--territories ruled by a member of the Ri...
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2022
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| Series: | Beyond medieval Europe.
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Table of Contents:
- The Rus' Land (tenth to fifteenth centuries)
- The Rus' Land and national consciousness
- The Tverian Land
- Novgorodian Land
- Suzdalian Land
- Pskovian Land
- Rus' Land and Ivan IV
- The Muscovite Land
- The Rus' Land in Ukraine and Belarus (fourteenth to seventeenth centuries).