The Place of the Kievan Rus in history
Место Киевской Руси в истории
2016-01-01
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The article examines an important and urgent issue: place of Kievan Rus in history.'Kievan Rus' is a conventional name for the first centuries of the East Slavic history (9 th -13 th centuries), which after the collapse of the USSR has been a bone of contention between scientists from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.Whose history?It is the basis of what sort of state?What is its nature?These and many other questions still remain unanswered.Considering historiographical and historical discourses, the author proposes a solution to this problem, the option most appropriate to historical reality and reconciling all parties.Refs 60.
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By examining historiographical and historical discourses, the author proposes an interpretation intended to align most closely with historical reality and reconcile competing national perspectives.
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Following the collapse of the USSR, Kievan Rus became a contested historical subject among scholars from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
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Kievan Rus is a conventional designation for the first centuries of East Slavic history, spanning the ninth through thirteenth centuries.
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The central disputes concern whose history Kievan Rus represents, which state it underpins, and the nature of its political formation.
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Kievan Rus as the first centuries of East Slavic history (9th–13th centuries)
Research Subject
The historical place, state-forming significance, nature, and historiographical interpretation of Kievan Rus
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