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 Table of contents
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CONTENTS |
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OLD KIEVAN LITERATURE |
1 |
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Annalistic Literature |
3 |
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Nestor's Chronicle: The Tales of Bygone Years |
3 |
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The Cosmographic Introduction to the Chronicle |
3 |
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The Legend of St. Andrew the Apostle |
7 |
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The Varangian Sagas of the First Kings, or Princes, of Russia |
8 |
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The Invitation to the Varangians |
8 |
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The Occupation of Kiev by Askol'd and Dir |
9 |
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Askol'd's and Dir's Raid on Constantinople |
10 |
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Oleg's Occupation of Kiev |
11 |
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Oleg's Campaign against Constantinople |
12 |
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Oleg's Death |
13 |
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The Assassination of Igor |
14 |
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Olga's Revenge |
15 |
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Olga's Baptism in Constantinople |
19 |
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Prince Vladimir and Princess Rogned |
20 |
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The Presbyter Vasilij: The Story of the Blinding of Prince Vasil'ko of Terebovl |
22 |
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Hagiography |
34 |
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Nestor's Life of Theodosius, First Abbot of the Cave Monastery |
34 |
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Nestor's Narrative of the Naming of the Cave Monastery |
44 |
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Monastic Legends from the Patericon of the Cave Monastery |
48 |
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The Founding of the Church of the Cave Monastery |
49 |
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The Arrival of the Church-Builders from Constantinople |
52 |
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The Arrival of the Iconographs from Constantinople |
55 |
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John and Sergius of the Cave Monastery |
57 |
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Gregorius the Wonder-Worker |
58 |
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Moses the Hungarian |
62 |
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SS.Theodorus and Basilius of the Cave Monastery |
68 |
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Prince Sv'atoša of Černigov |
75 |
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Passion and Encomium of SS. Boris and Gleb the Martyrs |
80 |
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Nestor's Lection on the Life and Assassination of SS. Boris and Gleb the Martyrs |
92 |
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The Life of Prince Alexander Nevskij |
100 |
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Rhetoric and Lyricism |
109 |
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Metropolitan Hilarion's Sermon on Law and Grace |
109 |
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Cyril of Turov's Sermons |
113 |
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Easter Eve Sermon |
113 |
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Sermon on the First Sunday after Easter |
119 |
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Cyril of Turov's Prayers |
121 |
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Prayer after Sunday Matins |
121 |
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Prayer after Monday Matins, Entitled Prayer to the Angels for the Soul |
125 |
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Prayer after Thursday Matins |
128 |
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Cyril of Turov's Canon of Supplication |
133 |
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Serapion of Vladimir's Sermon on the Merciless Heathens |
138 |
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Daniel the Exile's Lament |
141 |
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Heroic and Epic Literature |
135 |
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The Igor Tale |
153 |
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The Narrative of Batu Khan's Invasion of R'azan' |
166 |
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Discourse on the Ruin of the Land of Rus |
174 |
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Sofonija of R'azan': The Don Tale |
176 |
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OLD MUSCOVITE LITERATURE |
187 |
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Hagiography |
189 |
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The Life of St. Mercurius of Smolensk |
189 |
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The Life of Peter, Prince of Murom, and His Wife Fevronia |
192 |
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Metropolitan Cyprian: The Life of Peter, First Metropolitan of Moscow |
202 |
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Epiphanius the Sage: The Life of St. Stefan of Perm' |
211 |
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Epiphanius the Sage: The Life of St. Sergius of Radonež |
226 |
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The Life and Death of Dimitrij, Tsar of Russia |
230 |
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Historiography |
239 |
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Nestor-Iskander: The Tale of the Taking of Constantinople |
239 |
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Pachomius Logothetes: The Legend of the Princes of Vladimir |
252 |
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The Tale of the Taking of the Empire of Kazan |
258 |
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The Tale of the Attack of the Lithuanian King Stefan Batory on the Great and Famous Town of Pskov, and of its Liberation |
282 |
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The Book of Degrees of the Imperial Genealogy |
297 |
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NEW MUSCOVITE LITERATURE |
315 |
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Historiography |
317 |
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Lament on the Occupation and Ultimate Devastation of the Muscovite Empire |
317 |
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Prince Katyr'ov-Rostovskij: Story of Former Years |
325 |
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The Tale of the Death of Prince Skopin-Šujskij |
342 |
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F'odor Porošin: The Tale of the Siege of Azov |
351 |
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Hagiography |
380 |
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Callistratus Družina-Osorjin: The Life of the Saintly and Pious Juliana Lazarevskaja |
380 |
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The Life of Boyarina Morozova, Princess Urusova, and Maria Danilova |
387 |
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The Life of the Protopope Avvakum |
404 |
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Fiction |
425 |
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The Tale of Sorrow and Misfortune |
425 |
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The Tale of Savva, the Son of the Esteemed Merchant Thomas Grudcyn |
437 |
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The Tale of the Rich and Celebrated Merchant Karp Sutulov and His Prudent Wife |
454 |
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The Story of Frol Skobejev, a Russian Nobleman |
460 |
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GLOSSARY |
471 |
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INDEX OF AUTHORS AND TITLES |
505 |
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INDEX OF NAMES |
511 |
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GENDALOGICAL TABLES |
529 |
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Table A: The R'urik dynasty |
531 |
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Table B: The descendants of Vseslav, Prince of Polock |
532 |
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Table C: The descendants of Vladimir, Prince of Novgorod |
533 |
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Table D: The descendants of Iz'aslav, Great Prince of Kiev |
533 |
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Table E: The descendants of Sv'atoslav, Great Prince of Kiev |
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a: The branch of Černigov |
534 |
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b: The branch of R'azan |
535 |
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Table F: The descendants of Vsevolod, Great Prince of Kiev |
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a: The Southern branch |
536 |
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b: The Northern branch |
537 |
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Table G: The Princes and Tsars of Moscow |
538 |
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Table H: The Romanov dynasty |
539 |
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