Medieval Rus': Databases

Medieval Russian birchbark documents dating from the eleventh to the fifteenth century, which constitute a most valuable source for the history, culture and language of the East Slavic peoples.

Early religious texts, Christian mysticism, Latin Apologetics, and Greek Patristics

The Russian State Archives holdings date back to the 11th century. The archive's collections include materials from institutions of higher, central and local government of the Russian state and the Russian Empire, which existed before the administrative reforms of the late 18th - early 19th centuries, local patrimonial, clan and monastic archives, collections of written monuments of history, culture and life of the Russian and other peoples of the Russian Empire,

The Chronicles are annalistic histories—primary historical sources for the period before Peter the Great. The first Chronicles provide a history of the world derived from the Old and New Testament, present traditional tales, account for the first rulers and the Christianization of Rus. Records are organized in yearly entries. The Laurentian Codex contains the Kievan Primary Chronicle and is an historical source for the period that begins with the founding of Rus and continues through the 14th century. This and and over 30 other volumes are presented and described here. You can find out more about the Russian Chronicles in James R. Millar’s Encyclopedia of Russian History (2004) or Serge Zenkovsky's Medieval Medieval Russia's epics, chronicles, and tales (1974).

Database covering the history of ancient Russian architecture.