From Kyivan Rus to Ukraine

Description:

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed both countries into the world’s spotlight. One aspect that is becoming particularly clear is the battle that is taking place, and has been ongoing for decades, if not longer, for the ownership of the idea of the history of the region we know as Rus. This book discusses the place of Rus in European history, and the ways that modern scholars have minimized that place; the latter fact being directly relevant to the Russian claim on the history of Rus. Perhaps if we can untangle the history of Rus from modern constructs of nationalism, we can see a new picture of Rus that helps us better understand Europe as a whole.

subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Medieval,  dynastic marriages,  Christianization,  Nationalism and nationality

People: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (1952-),  Eupraxia of Kyiv,  Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106),  Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych,  Vitaly Klyuchevsky (1841-1911),  Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866-1934)

Places: Kyïv (Ukraine),  Moskwa (Rosja)

Times: 9th century,  19th century