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oapen-20.500.12657-585852023-05-09T13:22:53Z The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land Halperin, Charles J. East Slavic medieval history, russkaia zemlia, Russia, Ukraine, Russian nationalism, bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJF Asian history 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 Riurikid/Volodimerovich princely clan. This book traces the history of its use from the tenth to the seventeenth century, outlining its changing religious (pagan to Christian) and geographic elements (from the Dnieper River valley in Ukraine in Kievan Rus’ to Muscovy in Russia) and considers alternative “land” concepts which failed to rise to the ideological heights of the Rus’ Land. Although the Rus’ Land was never an ethnic or national concept, and never expanded its appeal beyond an elite lay and clerical audience, understanding its evolution sheds light upon the cultural and intellectual history of the medieval and early modern East Slavs. 2022-10-12T14:40:48Z 2022-10-12T14:40:48Z 2022 book 9781802700114 9781802700572 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58585 eng Beyond Medieval Europe application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781802700565.pdf https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-056-5-highres.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-056-5-frontcover.jpg; https://www.bibliovault.org/thumbs/978-1-80270-056-5-thumb.jpg Arc Humanities Press 10.17302/BME-9781802700565 10.17302/BME-9781802700565 e8579ecb-7a9a-49c1-9777-413adf1559c9 9781802700114 9781802700572 116 open access
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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 Riurikid/Volodimerovich princely clan. This book traces the history of its use from the tenth to the seventeenth century, outlining its changing religious (pagan to Christian) and geographic elements (from the Dnieper River valley in Ukraine in Kievan Rus’ to Muscovy in Russia) and considers alternative “land” concepts which failed to rise to the ideological heights of the Rus’ Land. Although the Rus’ Land was never an ethnic or national concept, and never expanded its appeal beyond an elite lay and clerical audience, understanding its evolution sheds light upon the cultural and intellectual history of the medieval and early modern East Slavs.
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