HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

WEEK - 2
Seventeenth Century Muscovy

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( an * indicates a recommended site)

Sept. 12:
Billington, Icon and the Axe, pp. 97-162.

Sept. 14:
Excerpts from "The Life of Avvakum by Himself," in coursepack (21 pp.). Excerpts from Paul of Aleppo, in coursepack (44 pp.).
Excerpts from Olearius, in coursepack. (27 pp.).

Web Links

16th-17th Century People / Groups

Prince Kurbsky
Under Ivan the Terrible. From: A Book of Golden Deeds. (1864) by Charlotte M. Yonge. London: Blackie & Son, Ltd., n.d. Text entry and proof reading by Ann and Neil Piche for "A Celebration of Women Writers: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Editor."
Maxim the Greek
Discovery of the Holy Relics of Saint Maxim the Greek. By S. Beliaev. Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate, September 1996.
Postal Stationary. Featuring Maxim the Greek. (Jan.2000)
Minin and Pazharsky
Monument of Minin and Pazharsky. On Red Square. (Built in 1818) From the Moscow Buisness Telephone Guide: Moscow City Photo Tour.
The Monument to Minin and Pozharsky. Another photo (with a brief text). Copyright Š1995 Seanet Corporation.
Statue of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky. Picture and a description of the statue by 1818 Sculptor Ivan Martos.
Simeon Polotsky
Simiaon of Polatsk. Postage stamp dedicated to Simeon and a note on who he was. Š1996-2000 by Peter Kasaty : All Rights Reserved.
Russian Literature. See the section on the 17th Cent. Entry from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Stenka Razin
Stenka Razin and the Don Cossacks. A selection from "The Soviet Star". A quarterly publication from Sovietski Collection, San Diego, CA, Spring, 2000.
The Execution of Stenka Razin. Poem by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, 1964. Translated by Tina Tupikina-Glaessner, Geoffrey Dutton, and Igor Mezhakoff-Koriakin (revised)
Razin, Stenka. Entry from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The Tsar's Edict Concerning Stepan Razin. August 1, 1670. Posted at the University of Toronto.
Oprichnina
*Ivan's Oprichnina (1565-1572). From K. Maas, Dana College.
Oprichnina. Encyclopaedia Britannica entry.
*The Keeper of the Old Tradition. On the History of the Alexandrovskaya Sloboda (the monastery headquarters of the Oprichnina).
Cossacks
*Cossacks. A page from Artem Kochukov. Good introduction.
Cossack's era. A page from Irene Y. Mokra.
The Cossacks. Chapter from an online book in the Historical Text Archive (Don Mabry).
Zemsky sobor
The Zemskii Sobor: Russia's Midaeval Parliament. See Part 2 for a continuation. From Mike in Silverlake / Los Feliz (section of LA).
Zemsky sobor. Entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The People's Will. Article from Russian Life, ed. Robert Greenall, 1996. Comparison of early democracy (Zemsky sobor) to later (Yeltsin).
The Romanov Dynasty
*House of Romanov. Family tree (from Bucknell University site).
*Russian Czars, 1613-1917; The Romanov Dynasty. How to "address" a tsar. A brief family tree. From St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars" site.
*Russian Tsars Gallery. Meet the Russian tsars by viewing their pictures. From V. G. Poltavtsev. (A bit slow to load, but nice portraits!)
*Face to Face with the Czars. Takes you to information on all the Romanov tsars and tsarinas (by century). Includes information about each and a portrait of each: rulers before Peter's time and rulers after Peter's time. From St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars" site.
Mikhail Romanov
*Mikhail Feodorovich. From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. Includes a glossary for some of the terms in the short article on the founder of the royal dynasty of the Romanovs.
*The Crowning of Mikhail Romanov". From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. The pre-history of this event plus the event itself briefly described.
17th Century Rulers After Mikhail Romanov
*Aleksei Mikhailovich. From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. Includes a long note on the Russian Orthodox Church.
Feodor Alexeevich. From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. Brief intro.
Ivan Alexeevich. From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. Brief intro.
Sofia Alexeevna. From "Treasures of the Tsars" St. Petersburg Times [Florida]. Brief intro.

17th Century Life

"Seventeeth Century Women in Church". Painting by Andrei Ryabushkin (1899).
*City Life in Old Russia. Interesting excerpts from GURPS Russia (Generic Universal RolePlaying System)!

Religious Schism

Religious Life (review this topic from week 1)
General articles
The Antichrist. Chapter 7 from the book The Russians' Secret by Peter Hoover with Serguei V. Petrov. About Avvacum, Nikon and the schism, see Chapter 8 Nonconformity.
Nikon
*Nikon Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias. Information on his life, autograph, portraits, contemporary accounts, Solovetsky monastery, etc.
Nikon. Encyclopaedia Britannica entry.
Nikon. Page from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
A Vision of Universality. By Priest Andrew Philips. From the Orthodox America site.
Principalities - Vladimir, Suzdal, Rostov, Yaroslavl... (Review this topic from week 1)
New Jerusalem
*New Jerusalem. Plan of monastery from the site "Nikon: Patriarch of Moscow and All the Russias."
New Jerusalem in Moscow's Hinterland. Note on the place from Alexander Astafyev.
Old Believers
"Boyarina Morozova". Vasily Surikov portrait of an Old Believer on her way to Siberia (1887). Detail of same.
"Old Believers End Isolation in Siberian Borderlands". Story on modern Old Believers from CNN.com.
additional links...

Early Cultural Artifacts

Testament of Vladimir Monomakh
Testament of Vladimir Monomakh. From the Russian Primary Chronicle.
Russkaia Pravda
Russkaia Pravda. 11th century laws from the "The Primary Chronicle" (short version), presented on the Durham University site.
Domostroi
Domostroi. Excerpts (in English) from this mid-16th century text that preaches on how to raise the kids, cure ailments, and how wives are supposed to be obedient to their husbands. From John Slatter's "Russian History Home Page."
Sudebnik (1497)
The Sudebnik. Posted on Bucknell University's site. Law artilces. Links take youto definitions of the terms found in the articles.
Sudebnik. Code of Laws compiled during Ivan's rule.
Ulozhenie (1649)
Ulozhenie. Code of Laws from 1649. Posted on the Durham University site.
The Court of Aleksei Mikhailovich (1670)
Samuel Collins on the Court of Aleksei Mikhailovich (1670). From "Documents in Russian History," Seton Hall University.
Early Tsarist Treasures
*The Treasures. Gallery tour or tsarist treasures (crown, tapestry, icon cover, etc.). From St. Petersburg Times [St. Petersburg, Florida!] "Teasures of the Czars" site.
Cap of Monomakh. A picture of the coronation crown. From Russia Net.
Cap of Monomakh of the Second Order. Picture (of the actual crown Peter wore at his coronation). From the St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars."

17th Cent. Places

Kolomenskoe
*Kolomenskoe. A picture and a little bit of history about this place from Katherine Lawson.
*Museum-Reserve Kolomenskoye. The home page of the museum complex. Learn about the museum, the architectual monuments (16th, 17th cents.), and treasures there.
Kolomenskoye. Information and pictures from Russia Net.
*Kolomenskoe. Three pages of the Best Photos from "Moscow Today."
Kolomenskoe/Moscow 1980's. Seven scanned slides. Š1998 PhysTech, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Estate at Kolomenskoe. The old wooden architecture illustrated. Posted on the "Russian Language and Area Studies" homepage of Gustavus Aldolphus College.
Izmailovo
Green Moscow. Photos and text from Andrey Sebrant (For "About").
Izmailovo Park: grand and scenic. Written explanation of what is there today.

Misc.

Trivia
Did you know.... Some trivia from the St. Petersburg Times site: "Treasures of the Czars."
Presidents and Czars. Answers the question: which Presidents of the US where in office during the reign of which tsars and what were the major events? From St. Petersburg Times "Treasures of the Czars" site.