Guides: Medieval Rus': Overview

Literature

Электронные публикации Института русской литературы (Пушкинского Дома) РАН / Electronic publications of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) RAS
Bibliography of works on Old Russian Literature, which consists of works written in Old East Slavic or Kieven Rus'. The bibliography references monographs and articles from the history of culture of feudal Russia, works on paleography and epigraphy, studies on the origin of Russian writing and printing, archeography and textology, essays on the life and work of specialists who have contributed to the study of the history of Russian medieval literature.

Bibliographies

Институт Славяноведения Российской Академии Наук (ИСл РАН) / Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISL RAS)
The Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISL RAS), part of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is the only scientific institution in Russia to undertake the comprehensive study of the history, culture, literature and languages of foreign Slavic peoples.
БИБЛИОГРАФИЯ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ РЕЛИГИОЗНО-ФИЛОСОФСКОЙ МЫСЛИ ДРЕВНЕЙ РУСИ / RELIGIOUS-PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT OF ANCIENT RUSSIA (compiled by Ekaterina Uzkova)
This bibliography is made available by the Russian Philosophy division of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The institute's website also provides PDF-full text access to its journals and books (check for both Russian and English language materials, including the series: памятники древнерусской мысли / Monuments of Ancient Russian Thought , some volumes of which are also available at the Penn Libraries .
БИБЛИОТЕКА ХРОНОСА: Древняя Русь /Chronos Library: Ancient Russia
Project Chronos provides a bibliographic list of sources on Ancient Russia--with some full text available.

Architecture

Архитектура Древней Руси (Architecture of Ancient Rus')
A succinct introductory explanation of medieval Rus' architecture.

Numismatics & Seals

ДРЕВНЕРУССКАЯ НУМИЗМАТИКА И СФРАГИСТИКА / Ancient Numismatics and Sigillography
Old Russian numismatics and sphragistics (the study of seals). The site is dedicated to pre-Petrine coins and hanging seals of Ancient Rus.
Medieval coins of Kievan Rus - Ukraine
A numismatic catalog of Kievan Rus' coins from the Odessa Numismatics Museum.

Literature

Легенда о Рюрике : Исторический контекст и судьба летописного сюжета / The Legend of Rurik: The Historical Context and the Fate of the Chronicle Plot by Mikhail Savinov
Call Number: Van Pelt Library DK73 .S28 2018
ISBN: 5604048798
Publication Date: 2018
The Cambridge History of Russian Literature by Charles A. Moser, Editor
Call Number: Online text
ISBN: 9780521415545
Publication Date: 1992
A comprehensive narrative history by noted specialists, providing chronological coverage from the medieval period on.
"Мечом и глаголом" : героическая традиция в русской литературе XII-XVII вв. /"With the sword and the verb": the heroic tradition in Russian literature of the XII-XVII centuries by M. V. Melikhov
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PG3005.5.W3 M45 2018
ISBN: 5987128536
Publication Date: 2018
Russian epic and poetry to from the 12th to 13th Century
The Bible in Slavic Tradition by Alexander Kulik, et al, eds.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library BS111 .B53 2016
ISBN: 9789004313668
Publication Date: 2016
This volume contains selected papers from an Papers represent major trends and developments in current research on the medieval Slavonic biblical tradition, primarily in comparison with Greek and Hebrew texts.
О книжности, литературе, образе жизни Древней Руси / About bookishness, literature, and the way of life in Ancient Russia by V. M. Kirillin
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PG3001 .K57 2013
Publication Date: 2013
This texts looks at books and reading in ancient Kiev, the Church Slavonic language, and Russian medieval literature and history
Hagiography and Modern Russian Literature by Margaret Ziolkowski
Call Number: Online text
ISBN: 0691604657
Publication Date: 2014
Importance of medieval hagiography, the diverse and voluminous literature devoted to saints, in nineteenth-century Russia literature
Medieval Slavonic studies: New Perspectives for Research by Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa and Susana Torres Prieto, eds
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PG41 .M445 2009
ISBN: 2720404543
Publication Date: 3009
This text focuses on philology
Zhitie Evstafii︠a︡ Plakidy v russkoĭ i slavi︠a︡nskoĭ knizhnosti i literature IX-XX vekov / Life of Eustathius Plakis in the Russian and Slavic book and literature of the 9th-20th centuries. by Olesi︠a︡ Vladimirovna Gladkova
Call Number: Van Pelt Library BR1720.E82 .G52 201
Publication Date: 2013
Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian literature to 1500
The Growth of Literature by H. Munro Chadwick and N. Kershaw Chadwick
Call Number: Van Pelt Library PN523 .C5 1932
Publication Date: 1932-40
Includes a chapter on Russian Oral literature
Russkai︠a︡ srednevekovai︠a︡ ėstetika XI-XVII veka /Russian medieval aesthetics of the XI-XVII centuries by V. V. Bychkov
Call Number: Van Pelt Library DK90 .B945 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Temporary Hathi access during the pandemic: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/28895679.html
Russian and Byzantine aesthetics through 1700
Средневековая идентичность "Слова о полку Игореве" / Medieval identity "The Song of Igor's Campaign" by Filippovski, G. IU.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library. PG3300.S63 F55 2014
Publication Date: 2014
A study of the anonymous epic poem written in Old East Slavic

Related Research Guides

Old Church Slavonic
Resources in the Penn Libraries and beyond that support the study of Old Church Slavonic

Chronicles

Манускриптъ: Славянское письменное наследие / Slavonic Written Heritage
The site comprises collections of ancient and medieval Slavonic and Russian texts; information on the developments in the field of electronic publication and methods of creation of full-text databases of hand-written treasures with complicated structure. It also includes tools and methods for contributing to and correcting text.

The following manuscripts are included (titles are translated here but in their original at the site):

Glagolitic Manuscripts of the Xth-XIth centuries
Slavonic Manuscripts of the XI century
Slavonic Gospels of the XI-XIV centuries
Slavonic Service Menaia of the XI-XIV centuries
Old Russian translations
Russian chronicles
Russian hagiographies
Works by M.V. Lomonosov
Slavonic Triodia and Pentecostaria of the XI-XIV centuries
Slavonic Patristic texts

Этимология и история слов русского языка /Etymology and history of Russian words The Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of the Russian language
Includes access to etymological texts, dictionaries, and materials for the study of language.

Encyclopedias and Electronic Resources

Electronic Resources Library of the Moscow State University Lomonosov History Department
Provides digitized primary sources on medieval Russian history (documents are wide ranging). All sources are in the original languages.

Древняя Русь в средневековом мире : энциклопедия / Ancient Russia in the medieval world: an encyclopedia by Melʹnikovoĭ, E.A. and Petrukhina, V. I︠a.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library DK71 .D745 2014 PRINT
ISBN: 9785862185140; 5862185143
Publication Date: Moskva, 2014.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Russia in the Medieval World
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity by John Anthony McGuckin, editor
Call Number: Penn Libraries: Online encyclopedia
ISBN: 9781444392555
Publication Date: 2011
A comprehensive guide to the cultural and intellectual world of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Provides information on key historical, liturgical, doctrinal features of Eastern Orthodoxy and explores the major traditions of Eastern Orthodoxy, including the Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, Slavic, Romanian, Syriac churches.
Encyclopedia of Russian history : from the Christianization of Kiev to the break-up of the U.S.S.R. / John Paxton. by Paxton, John.
Call Number: Van Pelt Library DK36 .P39 1993
ISBN: 0874366909 (alk. paper)
Publication Date: 1993.
Currently non circulating and available through Hathitrust Covid-19 temporary online access. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/28584551.html
Great Soviet encyclopedia. [A. M. Prokhorov, editor in chief]. by Prokhorov, A. M. (Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich), 1916-
Call Number: AE5 .B58
Publication Date: New York, Macmillan [c1973-
In English and in Russian (Большая российская энциклопедия).

Atlases/Geography

Ancient World Mapping Center : maps for students
50 high-resolution maps of the ancient world freely available for download. See Pleiades for a database of geographic information related to the Greco-Roman world linked to Google Maps.
Historical Atlas of the Ancient World
Supplemental volume of Brill's New Pauly. Includes entries related to Byzantium.
Historical Maps of Russia
A good website for historical maps provided by edmaps.com. These maps are fully protected by international laws and copyrights. All rights are reserved. You have permission to use these maps only for your own personal non-commercial purposes or benefit or for other non-commercial educational purposes provided that you mention the source as "Source: edmaps.com ". Beware of advertising and unrelated options for clicking!
Руниверс: Русский исторический атлас / Russian Historical Atlas
This Russian historical atlas was compiled by K.V. Kudryashov.