- •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
Chronology
Kievan Rus’
c. 862 Varangians, warriors and traders from Scandinavia, take power in Novgorod, establishing the Rurikid dynasty
c. 880 Oleg, Rurik’s successor, takes control of Kiev, which becomes capital of loose federation of fortified cities ruled by princes
911 Oleg wins favorable trading treaty with Byzantine Empire allowing Russian merchants to trade in Constantinople
944 Prince Igor secures another trade treaty with Byzantines
c.978–1015 Rule of Vladimir I Sviatoslavich as prince of Kiev
988 Vladimir converts Rus’ to Orthodox Christianity
1019-1054 reign of Iaroslav Vladimirovich (‘theWise’) becomes sole ruler in Kiev. He issues the RP. Russia’s first Law Code.
1097 Liubech accord on dynastic conventions
1113-1125 Reign of Vladimir Monomakh; who issues his Testament to his successors.
12th century Novgorod is a fl ourishing trading center, with extensive ties to Europe. With its strong veche, it is now a republic The Primary Russian Chronicle and The Tale of the Host of Igor are written
1147 First mention of Moscow in Russian chronicles
1237 Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Chernigov becomes prince of Kiev; Tatar invasion begins
1240 Tatars capture Kiev; Aleksandr Nevskii defeats Swedes on River Neva
1242 Aleksandr Nevskii defeats Teutonic Knights at Lake Chud’
Muscovite Russia
1249 Andrei Iaroslavich becomes prince of Vladimir
1252 Aleksandr Nevskii becomes prince of Vladimir
1299 Metropolitan Maksim moves from Kiev to Vladimir
1301 Moscow (Muscovy) becomes a separate principality with its own ruling house
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
1389-1425 Reign of Vasilii I;
1425-1462 Vasilii II Vasil’evich becomes grand prince of Vladimir
1462-1505 Reign of Ivan III Vasil’evich
1478 Ivan III annexes Novgorod
1493 Ivan takes the title “Sovereign [gosudar] of All Russia”
1497 Law Code (sudebnik) issued
1503 Church Council meets
1505-1533 Reign of Vasilii III Ivanovich
1510 Vasilii III annexes Pskov
1514 Vasilii III annexes Smolensk
1521 Vasilii III annexes Riazan’
1521 Crimean Tatars attack Moscow
1533–1584 Reign of Ivan IV, the “Terrible”
1547 Ivan IV is crowned with the title of ‘tsar’
1549 or 1550 First meeting of the zemsky sobor
1550 New Law Code issued - Sudebnik
1551 Stoglav Church Council meets
1558–83 Livonian war
1565–72 oprichnina
1566 First ‘Assembly of the Land’
1571 Crimean Tatars burn Moscow
1589 Russian patriarchate established
1597 Legislation on peasants and slaves
c.1603–13 ‘Time of Troubles’
1611 First national militia attempts to liberate Moscow
1612 Second national militia, led by Minin and Pozharskii, succeeds in liberating Moscow
1613 Michael Romanov is elected tsar
1619 Filaret Romanov becomes patriarch
1645 Death of Michael; Alexis becomes tsar
1648 Popular uprising in Moscow
1648 Bohdan Khmel’nyts’kyi leads revolt against Poland in Ukraine
1649 Conciliar Law Code (Ulozhenie) issued
1652 Nikon becomes patriarch
1654 Pereiaslav Treaty
1654–67 Thirteen YearsWar
1676 Death of Alexis; Fedor Alekseevich becomes tsar
1676–81 Russo-Turkish war