Medieval Russia
A Source Book, 850-1700
Edited by Basil Dmytryshyn
Table of Contents
Part I. Kievan Rus
1. The Distribution of Medieval Slavs, 2
2. The Coming of the Varangians, 6
3. Byzantine-Kievan Relations, 9
4. Porphyrogenitus' Description of the Voyage Down the Dnieper River, 19
5. Olga's Vengeance, 22
6. Sviatoslav's Conquests, 26
7. The Acceptance of Christianity, 30
8. Ruskaia Pravda: The Short Version, 36
9. The Church Statute of Kiev, 41
10. Metropolitan Hilarion's Eulogy of Prince Vladimir and Prince Iaroslav, 45
11. The Struggle for Succession, 47
12. The Struggle with the Nomads, 56
13. The Testament of Vladimir Monomakh, 65
14. The Assassination of Prince Bogoliubskii and a Popular Revolt in Vladimir, 72
a). The Assassination of Prince Andre Bogoliubskii, 1174, 73
b). An Uprising in Bogoliubovo and Vladimir in 1175, 75
15. The Tale of the Host of Igor, 77
16. Daniel's Plea for Forgiveness, 93
17. A Discourse Concerning the Ruin of Rus Land, 97
18. A Biography of Prince Alexander Nevskii, 99
19. Galicia-Volyn in the Thirteenth Century, 105
20. A Treaty between Novgorod and the Hanseatic League, 1270 114
21. Life in Medieval Novgorod 119
Part II. Mongol Yoke 145
22. Mongol Conquest of Northern Rus in 1237-1238, 146
23. Mongol Capture of Kiev in 1240, 151
24. John of Pian de Carpine's Journey to Mongolia in 1246, 153
25. The Court of Batu Khan in 1253 168
26. Prince Daniel of Galicia's Relations with the Mongols, 171
27. Mongol Rule and the Orthodox Church, 174
a). The iarlyk [Charter] of Khan Mengu-Temir to Metropolitan Theognostos, August 1, 1267, 175
b). The iarlyk [Charter] of Khan Berdibek to Metropolitan Alexei, November, 1357, 176
28. The Anti-Mongol Uprising in Tver in 1327, 177
29. Moscow's First Successful Challenge of the Mongols, 1380, 179
30. A Letter from a Tatar Leader, Edigei, to Moscow's Grand Prince Vasilii I, 1409, 182
31. Ending of the Mongol Yoke in 1480 184
Part III. Muscovy 189
32. The Reign of Ivan Kalita of Moscow, 190
33. The Last Will of Ivan Kalita, or "Money Bag," ca. 1339, 195
34. A Brief Biography of Prince Dmitrii Donskoi, 198
35. Zadonshchina 202
36. A Journey from Moscow to Constantinople in 1389, 209
37. Nestor-Iskander's Tale of the Capture of Constantinople, 1453, 214
38. Restrictions on Peasant Movement in the 1460s, 221
39. Ivan III's Conquest of Novgorod in 1471, 222
40. Contarini's Impression of Muscovy in 1476, 237
41. The Sudebnik [Code of Law] of Ivan III, 1497, 243
42 Filofei's Concept of the "Third Rome", 259
43. Herberstein's Observations of Muscovy, 261
44. Ivan the Terrible's Own Account of His Early Life, 276
45. Domostroi 285
46. Moscow and the Court of Ivan the Terrible in 1553, 289
47. First Privileges Granted by Ivan the Terrible to English Merchants, 1555, 294
48. A Letter from King Sigismund of Poland to Elizabeth I, 1559, 299
49. A Letter from Ivan the Terrible to Elizabeth I, 1570, 301
50. Ivan the Terrible's Punishment of Novgorod in 1570, 305
51. Muscovy at the End of the Sixteenth Century, 309
52. Possevino's Observations of Muscov and Its People, 325
53. Russian Conquest and Exploration of Siberia, 342
a). A Report from the Voevoda of Tobolsk to the Voevoda of Pelym Concerning Unrest Among the Natives, June 21, 1606, 343
b). A Petition from the Merchant Guselnikov to Tsar Michael Fedorovich Protesting Excessive Regulations of the Fur Tradein Siberia, 1639, 344
c). The Oath of Allegiance Which the Russians Administered to Bratsk Native Leaders, 1642-w1645, 345
d). Instructions from the Voevoda of Iakutsk, Frantsbekov, to the Explorer Khabarov, Regarding His Expedition into the Land of the Daurs, 16491651, 346
e). Three Petitions to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich from Iakut Natives Protesting Inequitable and Ruinous Iasak Impositions, 1659-1664, 350
f). Instructions fromVoevodaof Iakutsk, Golenishchev-Kutuzov, to Prison Officials about Procedures for Guarding Prisoners, June 3, 1663, 352
g). The Sentences Imposed by the Voevoda of Iakutsk, Petr Zinovev, on the Participants in a Cossack Rebellion, July 14, 1690, 353
54. Bussow's Account of the Famine in Moscow, 1601-1604, 355
55. A Letter from the False Dmitrii to Boris Godunov, 1604, 357
56. Massa's Account of Events Surrounding the Death of the False Dmitrii in 1606, 359
57. Shuiskii's Decree against Runaway Peasants, March 9, 1607, 372
58. Conditions for Wladyslaw's Ascension to the Throne of Muscovy, 1610, 375
59. A French View of Seventeenth Century Moscow, 378
60. Olearius' Commentaries on Muscovy in the 1630s and 1640s, 399
61. The Code of Law of 1649, 425
62. The Popular Discontent in Seventeenth Century Russia, 433
a). The 1648 Turmoil in Moscow: A Contemporary Account, 433
b). The Insurrection at the Solovetskii Monastery, 1668-1676, 439
63. Provisions of Russian Protectorate over Ukraine in 1654, 442
a). A Petition of Ukrainian Cossacks to the Tsar Alexei with the Resolutions of the Tsar on Each Point, March 31, 1654, 442
b). The Charter of the Zaporozhie Host, April 6, 1654, 448
64. Kotoshikhin's Description of the Private Lives of the Boyarsand of Other Ranks of Muscovite Society, 451
65. A Decree on Runaway Peasants, 1661, 460
66. Krizhanich's Observations on Russia's Potential Strengths and Weaknesses, 461
67. An English View of the Muscovite Tsar and of His Society, 470
a). A Contemporary English View of Tsar Alexei and His Surroundings, 470
b). A Seventeenth Century English View of the Russians, 475
68. Avvakum's Account of His Sufferings, 479
69. A Biography of Boyarina Morozova, 489
70. A Story of a Rich Merchant Sutulov and His Clever Wife Tatiana, 497
Glossary 516
Tables
1. Rus Rulers 862-1125 520
2. Rus Rulers, 1125-1613 521
3. Russian Rulers, 1613-1917 522
Chronological Table 523
Selected Bibliography 528
Maps
Slavic Tribes and Kievan Rus, Ninth and Tenth Centuries 4
The Mongol-Tatar Invasions of the Thirteenth Century 150
Northeastern Rus, Late Fourteenth Century 229
Growth of the Moscovite State from the Fourteenth to
Seventeenth Centuries 320
Central Russia in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries 538
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