- •V.V. Vakhnenko
- •Lecture course
- •Lecture 1. The state and the law of kievan rus’ (4 hrs)
- •1. The formation of Kievan Rus’. Norman theory of developing statehood of the Eastern Slavs. Princess Olga’s financial-administrative reform.
- •2. Baptism of Kievan Rus’ and its importance for the development of statehood.
- •3. Political system of Kievan Rus’.
- •4. Social structure of Kievan Rus’
- •5. Stages of development of legal system in Kievan Rus’.
- •7. Crimes and punishments.
- •8. Court system and judicial process.
- •Lecture 2. Period of feudal fragmentation of kievan rus’ (2 hrs)
- •The reasons of feudal fragmentation of Kievan Rus’.
- •2. Statehood and law of the Vladimir principality and the role of the grand-ducal government in strengthening the state.
- •3. The main features of the republican system of the Great Novgorod
- •The Pskov Judicial Charter
- •The Novgorod Judicial Charter
- •The Novgorod Judicial Charter [5]
- •Lecture 3. The state and law of russia in the period of centralization (XIV-XVI centuries) (2 hrs)
- •1. Prerequisites of formation of centralized Russian state
- •2. The system of government
- •3. Social structure.
- •4. The Muscovite Sudebniki
- •5. Court system according to Sudebniki
- •7. Codifications of the law
- •Lecture 4. The state and law in russia state in the period of formation of absolutism (XVII – beginning of XX centuries)
- •1. Prerequisites of formation and legalization of absolutism
- •2. The social structure
- •3. State apparatus
- •4. The military and judicial reforms of Peter I
- •5. Other reforms of Peter the Great:
- •Education reform
- •Culture reform
- •6. Development of the law during the period of absolute monarchy:
- •7. The main features of the law
- •Lecture 5. Reforms, reaction, and revolution
- •1. Emancipation and the Great Reforms
- •2. The Great Reforms
- •3. Alexander III and the Counter-Reforms
- •4. State administration
- •5. The Ruling- Senate.
- •6. The Holy Ruling Synod.
- •5. Russia Confronts the 20th Century
- •6. War and Revolution, 1904–1906
- •7. The Duma and the Wager on the Strong
- •8. A Decade of Contrasts, and World War I
- •Manifesto of October 17th, 1905 [7]
- •Manifesto of June 3rd, 1907 (Dissolution of the Second Duma) [7]
- •Imperial Manifesto of June 3, 1907
- •Seminar programme
- •List of recommended sources
- •Review seminar questions:
- •Glossary
- •Chronology
- •Imperial Russia
- •Content
List of recommended sources
Feldbrugge, F. J. M. (Ferdinand Joseph Maria), 1933 – Law in Medieval Russia / By Ferdinand Feldbrugge. – Leiden-Boston, 2009 – 365 p.
Kubicek, Pol. The history of Ukraine / Pol Kubicek. – USA, 2008. – 221 p.
Kort M. A Brief history of Russia / Michael Kort. – New York, 2008. – 335 p.
Statesman’s handbook for Russia, 2 vols / Edited by the Chancery of the Committee of Ministers. – St. Petersburg, 1896. –Vol. I. – 364 p.
Statesman’s handbook for Russia, 2 vols. / Edited by the Chancery of the Committee of Ministers. – St. Petersburg, 1896. –Vol. II. – 292 p.
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Maureen Perrie. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. I. – 824 p.
The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Dominic Lieven. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. II. – 806 p.
Quoted in Dominic Lieven, ‘Dilemmas of Empire 1850–1918: Power, Territory, Identity’, Journal of Contemporary History 34, 2 (1999): 179.
Craft J. The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery / J. Craft // Chicago: university of Chicago Press, 1997
S. O. Androsov, ‘Painting and Sculpture in the Petrine Era’, in A. G. Cross (ed.)
Russia in the Reign of Peter the Great: Old and New Perspectives (hereafter, RRP) (Cambridge: SGECR, 1998), pp. 161–72
Encyclopedia of Russian history / James R. Millar, editor in chief. – THOMSON – GALE. – New York, 2004. – 1930 p.
Kelly W.K. The history of Russia from the earliest period to the present times, 2 vols. / Walter K. Kelly. – London, 1953. – 532 p.
Dukes P. The making of Russian absolutism, 1613-1801 / Paul Dukes. – Longman, 1990. – 240 p.
Moore M. European History / Martha Moore. – Kaplan Publishing, 2009. – 387 p.
Anderson P. Lineages of the absolutist state / Perry Anderson – Verso, 1974. – 573 p.
Rose J.H. The development of the European nations, 1870-1914 / John Holland Rose. – Putnam's sons, 1916. – 786 p.
Brown, Archie, Michael Kaser, and Gerald S. Smith, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Dmytryshyn, Basil, ed. Medieval Russia: A Sourcebook, 900–1700. Hinsdale, Ill.: Dryden Press, 1973.
Blum, Jerome. Lord and Peasant in Russia. New York: Atheneum, 1965.
Lincoln, W. Bruce. The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias. New York: Dial Press, 1981.
Raeff, Marc. Understanding Imperial Russia. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.
Fennel, J. L. I. The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200–1304. London: Longman, 1981.
Ascher, Abraham. The Revolution of 1905, 2 vols. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1988, 1992.
Mel’nikova, E. A. (ed.), Drevniaia Rus’ v svete zarubezhnykh istochnikov (Moscow: Logos, 1999).
Meyendorff, John, ‘Alexis and Roman: A Study in Byzantino-Russian Relations (1352–1354)’, St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 11 (1967): 139–48.
The Contest for the Legacy of KievanRus’ (Boulder, Colo: East European Monographs, 1998).
Tolochko, A. P., Kniaz’ v Drevnei Rusi: vlast’, sobstvennost’, ideologiia (Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1992).
Kivelson, Valerie A., ‘Muscovite “Citizenship”: Rights without Freedom’, Journal of Modern History 74 (2002): 465–89.
Gatrell, P. A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in the Russian Empire During the First World War. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1999.
Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797 p.
Batalina,V.V. A short course on the history of the State and Law of Russia: Textbook. Guide to Moscow / V.V. Batalina: Okay-Book, 2007. – 176 p.
Muzychenko P.P. History of state and law of foreign countries. P.2. / P.P. Muzychenko, K.N. Vitman – Odessa, 2007
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