Questions tagged [medieval-russia]
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When did Kievan Rus' rulers become culturally Slavic?
As the title says, when did the Varangian rulers become culturally more Slavic? I presume that among the elites there was cultural borrowing from Byzantium too, so I am not claiming a Viking-Slavic ...
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Have there been any significant developments in the "Norman Controversy" on the origin of the Kievan Rus? [closed]
I've been reading Riasanovsky's "A History of Russia" (2nd edition, so fairly out of date), and it comes out strongly against the Norman theory. Today though, most sources seem to lean ...
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What specific Medieval Rus waterway engineering examples are there?
I've been investigating a statement (cited below) made in Nicolle's 'Lake Peipus 1242' which describes waterway engineering by Medieval Russian princes but doesn't bring any specific examples. Which ...
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Novgorod means "New city". Given such name, what were the old cities in the region? [closed]
"Novgorod" means "New city". Given such name, what were the old cities in the region at the time of its foundation?
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Why and how were the Mongols able to invade Russia successfully?
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The campaign was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223, which resulted in a Mongol victory over the forces of several Rus' principalities. The Mongols nevertheless ...
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What was the fighting style and equipment of 13th century Eastern European Baltic and Slavic cavalry?
I want to know about fighting styles and equipment of fighting men roughly around 13th century in the Baltic/Slavic area of Europe. I'd particularly like to find out about cultures that were prominent ...
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Why did the "Ruthenians" break up into "Belarusians" and "Ukrainians?"
The Ruthenians were a group of East Slavic people in Kievan Rus that are not what we would call "Russians" today. The term refers mainly to Belarussians and Ukrainians, the two largest groups who had ...
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Isn't there any positive legacy of the Mongolian occupation in Russia?
In the BBC radio 4 series The Wild East, the history of Russia after the Mongolian occupation is described as if all the bad things happened subsequently had been caused by the legacy of that era. Isn'...
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