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This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the origins of the East Slavic nations and the essential similarities or differences between their cultures. It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' the Rus' past on behalf of existing national projects, laying the groundwork for understanding of the pre-modern history of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The book covers the period from the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and his eighteenth-century successors, by which time the idea of nationalism had begun to influence the thinking of East Slavic elites.

Slavs, Eastern --- Ethnic identity. --- History. --- Origin. --- Religion. --- Europe, Eastern --- Slavic countries --- Kievan Rus --- East Slavs --- Eastern Slavs --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Slaves --- Russie --- Ukraine --- Histoire

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Manuscripts, Russian (Old) --- Manuscripts, Old Russian --- Old Russian manuscripts --- Russian manuscripts (Old) --- Kievan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- History --- Manuscripts, Russian (Old). --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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Christianity --- Christianisme --- Kievan Rus --- Europe --- Russie kiévienne --- History --- Civilization --- Relations --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Byzantine influences. --- Russie kiévienne --- Religions --- Church history --- Древняя Русь --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Киевская Русь --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Ruce --- Русь --- Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Rus' Kieviana --- Ukraine --- Byzantine Empire --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Київська Русь --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyivan Rus --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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The chroniclers of medieval Rus were monks, who celebrated the divine services of the Byzantine church throughout every day. This study is the first to analyze how these rituals shaped their writing of the Rus Primary Chronicle, the first written history of the East Slavs. During the eleventh century, chroniclers in Kiev learned about the conversion of the Roman Empire by celebrating a series of distinctively Byzantine liturgical feasts. When the services concluded, and the clerics sought to compose a native history for their own people, they instinctively drew on the sacred stories that they sang at church. The result was a myth of Christian origins for Rus - a myth promulgated even today by the Russian government - which reproduced the Christian origins myth of the Byzantine Empire. The book uncovers this ritual subtext and reconstructs the intricate web of liturgical narratives that underlie this foundational text of pre-modern Slavic civilization.

Christianity and culture --- Orthodox Eastern Church --- History. --- Liturgy --- Kievan Rus --- Liturgie byzantine --- Liturgie slave --- Boris et Gleb --- Kyivan Rus --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Ruce --- Rusʹ --- Rus' Kieviana --- Древняя Русь --- Киевская Русь --- Київська Русь --- Русь --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ

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Christianity and culture --- Language and culture --- Russian. --- Kievan Rus --- Russia --- Russie --- Rossīi︠a︡ --- Rossīĭskai︠a︡ Imperīi︠a︡ --- Russia (Provisional government, 1917) --- Russia (Vremennoe pravitelʹstvo, 1917) --- Russland --- Ṛusastan --- Russia (Tymchasovyĭ uri︠a︡d, 1917) --- Russian Empire --- Rosja --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Russia (Territory under White armies, 1918-1920) --- Древняя Русь --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Киевская Русь --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ (Medieval state) --- Ruce --- Русь --- Rusʹ --- Kyïvsʹka Rusʹ --- Kieŭskai︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kiev (Medieval state) --- Rus' Kieviana --- History --- Sources. --- Київська Русь --- Russian --- Kyivan Rusʹ --- Drevni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rusʹ --- Kievskai︠a︡ Rusʹ