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The concept of the Rus' Land (russkaia zemlia) became and remained an historical myth of modern Russian nationalism as the equivalent of "Russia," but it was actually a political myth, manipulated to provide legitimacy. Its meaning was dynastic--territories ruled by a member of the Riurikid/Volodimerovich princely clan. This book traces the history of its use from the tenth to the seventeenth century, outlining its changing religious (pagan to Christian) and geographic elements (from the Dnieper River valley in Ukraine in Kievan Rus' to Muscovy in Russia) and considers alternative "land" concepts which failed to rise to the ideological heights of the Rus' Land. Although the Rus' Land was never an ethnic or national concept, and never expanded its appeal beyond an elite lay and clerical audience, understanding its evolution sheds light upon the cultural and intellectual history of the medieval and early modern East Slavs.

Nationalism --- Russia --- Historiography. --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- East Slavic medieval history, russkaia zemlia, Russia, Ukraine, Russian nationalism,.

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"Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV, 1533-1584) is one of the most controversial rulers in Russian history, infamous for his cruelty. He was the first Russian ruler to use mass terror as a political instrument, and the only Russian ruler to do so before Stalin. Comparisons of Ivan to Stalin only exacerbated the politicization of his image. Russians have never agreed on his role in Russian history, but his reign is too important to ignore. Since the abolition of censorship in 1991 professional historians and amateurs have grappled with this problem. Some authors have manipulated that image to serve political and cultural agendas. This book explores Russia's contradictory historical memory of Ivan in scholarly, pedagogical and political publications"--

Collective memory --- Ivan --- Ivan --- Stalin, Joseph, --- In literature. --- In motion pictures. --- Russia. --- Historiography. --- Muscovy (Grand Duchy) --- Russia --- History --- Historiography --- History --- Historiography

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Tsar Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV, 1533-1584) is one of the most controversial rulers in Russian history, infamous for his cruelty. He was the first Russian ruler to use mass terror as a political instrument, and the only Russian ruler to do so before Stalin. Comparisons of Ivan to Stalin only exacerbated the politicization of his image. Russians have never agreed on his role in Russian history, but his reign is too important to ignore. Since the abolition of censorship in 1991 professional historians and amateurs have grappled with this problem. Some authors have manipulated that image to serve political and cultural agendas. This book explores Russia’s contradictory historic al memory of Ivan in scholarly, pedagogical and political publications.

Collective memory --- Ivan --- Stalin, Joseph, --- In literature. --- In motion pictures. --- Russia. --- Historiography. --- Russia --- Muscovy (Grand Duchy) --- History --- Ivan IV Vasilyevich. --- Joseph Stalin. --- Moscow. --- Muscovy. --- Pavel Lungin. --- Sergei Eisenstein. --- Slavic studies. --- canonization. --- cultural memory. --- film. --- historiography. --- history. --- oprichnina. --- politics. --- post-Soviet. --- sixteenth century. --- tsarist Russia. --- warfare.

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