Reinterpreting Russian History Readings, 860-1860s

by Kaiser, Daniel H.; Marker, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780195078589
• ISBN10: 0195078586
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-01-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The first comprehensive reader in Russian history in almost two decades, this collection includes primary and secondary material, much of which has never before been published in English, reflecting the latest scholarship on the subject. Supplemented by over 70 illustrations, selections areintroduced by placing them in the context of the work's major themes: state structure, the economy, society, and culture and everyday life. From the multi-ethnic peopling of early Russia to the elite society of the nineteenth century, original sources illuminate such topics as state-building,government and politics, the peasantry and the countryside, clergy and religious communities, and women and gender, making this comprehensive text vital for students of Russian history.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
List of Illustrations and Tables	xv
I. THE EAST SLAVS AND KIEVAN RUS' (860s--ca. 1150)	3	(76)
The Multi-Ethnic Peopling of Rus'	8	(13)
Documents
The Primary Chronicle on the Early Settlers of Rus' (ca. 600--860s)	9	(2)
King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway (ca. 1050)	11	(2)
Runic Inscriptions on Viking Stellae in Western Europe (Eleventh Century)	13	(1)
Literature
The Ethnic History of Northeastern Rus' in the Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries	14	(7)
I.V. Dubov
The State Structure of Kievan Rus'	21	(17)
Documents
The Primary Chronicle on Dissension Among the Princes of Rus' (1012--54)	22	(3)
The Primary Chronicle on the Rebellion in Kiev (1068--69)	25	(1)
The Short Redaction (Eleventh Century)	26	(4)
Pravda Russkaia
Literature	30	(8)
The City-State in Kievan Rus' (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)
I. IA. Froianov
A. IU. Dvornichenko
The Economy in Kievan Rus'	38	(11)
Literature
Agriculture in Rus' (Tenth--Thirteenth Centuries)	39	(5)
V. P. Levasheva
Novgorod's Amber Trade (Tenth--Fourteenth Centuries)	44	(5)
E. A. Rybina
Society in Rus'	49	(11)
Document
The Statute of Grand Prince Iaroslav (Eleventh Century)	50	(4)
Literature
Women in Medieval Novgorod from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century	54	(6)
N. L. Pushkareva
E. Levin
Culture and Everyday Life in Kievan Rus'	60	(19)
Documents
The Christianization of Rus' According to the Primary Chronicle (978--88)	63	(4)
The Life of St. Theodosius (Eleventh Century)	67	(4)
Birchbark Charters from Novgorod (Twelfth Century)	71	(1)
Graffiti from St. Sophia Cathedral, Kiev (Eleventh-Twelfth Centuries)	72	(1)
Literature
Literacy in Kievan Rus'	73	(6)
Simon Franklin
II. THE POST-KIEVAN EXPERIENCE (ca. 1150--1497)	79	(68)
State-Building in Post-Kievan Rus'	83	(25)
Documents
Northwest Rus': The First Treaty of Novgorod with Tver' Grand Prince Iaroslav Iaroslavich (ca. 1264--65)	84	(1)
Southwest Rus': Extracts from the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle (1240--41)	85	(2)
Northeast Rus': The Second Testament of Moscow Grand Prince Dmitrii Donskoi (1389)	87	(3)
The Annexation of Novgorod According to the Moscow Nikonian Chronicle (1471-78)	90	(9)
The Novgorod Chronicle on the Mongol Invasion (1235--38)	99	(2)
Mongol Immunity Charter (Iarlyk) to Metropolitan Peter (ca. 1313)	101	(2)
Literature
Statebuilding in Moscow: The Birth of Autocracy	103	(1)
S. F. Platonov
Interpreting the Mongol Yoke: The Ideology of Silence	104	(4)
Charles Halperin
Economy and Society in Post-Kievan Rus'	108	(19)
Documents
The Novgorod Judicial Charter (Late Fifteenth Century)	109	(5)
A Muscovite Judgment Charter (ca. 1463)	114	(3)
Literature
Justice in Medieval Russia	117	(5)
Ann M. Kleimola
The Decline of Novgorod's Fur Trade Network	122	(2)
Janet Martin
The Mongol Yoke and Socioeconomic Change	124	(3)
A. M. Sakharov
Culture and Everyday Life in Post-Kievan Rus'	127	(20)
Documents
Evidence for Literacy: Novgorod Birchbark Charters (ca. 1220--30s)	128	(2)
The Last Will and Testament of Patrikei Stroev (Late Fourteenth--Early Fifteenth Centuries)	130	(1)
Minstrels in Rus': An Immunity Charter (1470)	131	(2)
Literature
Russian Minstrels: A Modern View	133	(4)
Russell Zguta
The Mongols and Cultural Change	137	(3)
A. M. Sakharov
The Historical Significance of Andrei Rublev	140	(7)
Mikhail Alpatov
III. THE MUSCOVITE CENTRALIZED STATE (1497--1689)	147	(76)
The State Structure of Muscovite Russia	150	(14)
Document
A Foreigner Describes the Oprichnina of Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1565--70)	151	(3)
Literature
The Facade of Autocracy	154	(4)
Nancy Shields Kollmann
Ivan IV: Reformer or Tyrant?	158	(6)
Robert O. Crummey
The Economy of Muscovite Russia	164	(8)
Literature
The Economic Crisis in Sixteenth--Century Russia	165	(7)
E. I. Kolycheva
Muscovite Society	172	(21)
Documents
Documents Recording Self-Sale into Slavery (1595-1603)	173	(3)
Grigorii Kotoshikhin on Boyar Weddings (ca. 1666)	176	(3)
A Marriage Contract (1668)	179	(1)
Literature
Law and the Enserfment of the Russian Peasantry	180	(3)
Richard Hellie
The Boyars of Muscovy: A Modern View	183	(4)
Robert O. Crummey
The Seclusion of Elite Muscovite Women	187	(6)
Nancy Shields Kollman
Muscovite Culture	193	(20)
Document
The Life of Iuliania Osor'ina (Late Sixteenth--Early Seventeenth Centuries)	194	(3)
Literature
Individualism in Muscovite Literature	197	(8)
D. S. Likhachev
Literacy and Literacy Texts in Muscovy	205	(8)
Gary Marker
Everyday Life in Muscovy	213	(10)
Documents
Letters to stol'nik Andrei Il'ich Bezobrazov from his Wife (1687)	213	(3)
Adam Olearius on Food and Dining (1630s)	216	(2)
Literature
Sexuality in Muscovy	218	(5)
Eve Levin
IV. THE IMPERIAL PERIOD: FROM PETER THE GREAT THROUGH THE GREAT REFORMS (1689--1860s)	223	(3)
The State and Political Structure of Imperial Russia	226	(2)
The Imperial Service State
Documents
The Table of Ranks of All Grades: Military, Administrative, and Court... (1722)	228	(2)
Manifesto Freeing the Nobility from Compulsory Service (1762)	230	(2)
Literature
Russia's System of Ranks and Orders	232	(5)
Helju Bennett
The Soslovie (Estate) Paradigm and Russian Social History	237	(5)
Gregory Freeze
Government and Politics in the Eighteenth Century
Documents
The Statute on Provincial Administration (1775)	242	(2)
The Charter to the Nobility (1785)	244	(2)
Literature
The Well-Ordered Police State	246	(4)
Marc Raeff
Catherine the Great, an Enlightened Autocrat	250	(6)
Isabel De Madariaga
Government and Politics in the Nineteenth Century
Documents
The Statute Establishing State Ministries (1802)	256	(1)
An Edict Defining the Responsibilities of the Ministries (1810)	256	(1)
An Edict Creating the Third Section of His Majesty's Own Chancery (1826)	257	(1)
Literature
The Genesis of an `Enlightened' Bureaucracy, 1825-56	257	(6)
W. Bruce Lincoln
The Russian Higher Civil Service on the Eve of the Great Reforms	263	(5)
Walter M. Pinter
The Imperial Economy	268	(1)
Documents
Charts and Table on Economic Development	269	(4)
The Character of the Russian Economy	273	(7)
Arcadius Kahan
The Price Revolution of the Eighteenth Century	280	(5)
B. N. Mironov
Provisioning the Russian Army	285	(5)
Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter
Society: The Lower and Middling Estates of Imperial Russia	290	(2)
The Peasantry and the Countryside
Documents
Landlords' Instructions on Estate Administration (Late Eighteenth Century)	292	(2)
An Imperial Edict Forbidding Sunday Labor by Serfs (1797)	294	(1)
Newspaper Advertisements Listing Serfs for Sale (1797)	295	(1)
Moskovskie vedomosti
A Speech by Emperor Nicholas I on Serfdom (1842)	295	(1)
A Report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Serf Disorders (1847)	296	(1)
Literature
The Peasant Commune	297	(6)
Steven L. Hoch
Peasant Patterns of Resistance	303	(9)
Peter Kolchin
Merchants, Artisans, and Townsfolk
Documents
Ivan Pososhkov on Merchants and Artisans in the Early Eighteenth Century (1727)	312	(6)
Fedor Karzhavin on the Moscow Plague Riots (1771)	318	(3)
The Charter to the Towns (1785)	321	(4)
Literature
The Merchants' View of the Social Order in Russia	325	(3)
Wallace Daniel
The Merchants' Way of Life	328	(6)
Alfred J. Rieber
The Clergy and Religious Communities
Documents
The Responsibilities of the Parish Priest: The Spiritual Regulation of Peter the Great (1721)	334	(2)
I. S. Belliustrin's Description of the Clergy in Rural Russia (1858)	336	(3)
Literature
The Disintegrating Parish in Eighteenth-Century Russia	339	(5)
Gregory L. Freeze
Vyg, An Old Believer Community	344	(4)
Robert Crummey
Everyday Life in Imperial Russia	351	(1)
Family
Documents
The Noble Head of the Household: The Memoirs of Sergei Aksakov (Nineteenth Century)	352	(2)
The Dowry of Avdot'ia Bogdanova, A Nobleman's Daughter (1787)	354	(2)
Literature
A Large Family: The Peasant's Greatest Wealth	356	(6)
Peter Czap Jr.
The Russian Urban Family at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century	362	(4)
M. G. Rabinovich
The Home and School Life of a Young Nobleman	366	(4)
Marc Raeff
Women's Lives
Documents
The Memoirs of Anna Evdokimovna Labzina, An Eighteenth-Century Noblewoman (1810)	370	(6)
The Cavalry Maiden (1836)	376	(3)
Nadezhda Durova
Literature
Catherine the Great and the Problem of Female Rule	379	(7)
Brenda Meehan-Waters
Culture	386	(3)
Oral Traditions and Popular Culture
Documents
Selections from Fedor Emin's Moral Fables (1764)	389	(2)
From the A. N. Afanas'ev Collection of Popular Legends (1859)	391	(3)
Literature
Peasant Culture in the Eighteenth and Nineteeth Centuries	394	(6)
M. M. Gromyko
Elite Culture and Educated Society: The Eighteenth Century
Document
``The Rossiad,'' an Epic Poem (1779)	400	(6)
M. M. Kheraskov
Literature
Rebirth, Renewal, and Renovatio in Eighteenth-Century Russia	406	(2)
Stephen L. Baehr
The Development of a Russian Legal Consciousness	408	(4)
Richard Wortman
Elite Culture and Educated Society: The Nineteenth Century
Documents
``On the Book Trade and the Love for Reading in Russia'' (1802)	412	(2)
Nikolai M. Karamzin
The Extraordinary Decade; Literary Memoirs (1840s)	414	(4)
P. V. Annenkov
Literature
The Literary World of Plite Society	418	(3)
William Mills Todd III
The Split between the Government and the Educated Public	421	(7)
Nicholas N. Riasanovsky
The Great Reforms	428	(2)
Documents
The Political Debates (1856--61)	430	(2)
The Reform Statutes (1861--66)	432	(4)
Literature
The Government and the Great Reforms of the 1860s	436	(5)
Larissa Zakharova
The Emanicipation and the Nobility	441
Terence Emmons