List of recommended sources

1. Feldbrugge, F. J. M. (Ferdinand Joseph Maria), 1933 – Law in Medieval Russia / By Ferdinand Feldbrugge. – Leiden-Boston, 2009 – 365 p.

2. Kubicek, Pol. The history of Ukraine / Pol Kubicek. – USA, 2008. – 221 p.

3. Kort M. A Brief history of Russia / Michael Kort. – New York, 2008. – 335 p.

4. Statesman’s handbook for Russia, 2 vols / Edited by the Chancery of the Committee of Ministers. – St. Petersburg, 1896. –Vol. I. – 364 p.

5. Statesman’s handbook for Russia, 2 vols. / Edited by the Chancery of the Committee of Ministers. – St. Petersburg, 1896. –Vol. II. – 292 p.

6. The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Maureen Perrie. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. I. – 824 p.

7. The Cambridge history of Russia, 3 vols. / edited by Dominic Lieven. – Cambridge, 2006. – Vol. II. – 806 p.

8. Quoted in Dominic Lieven, ‘Dilemmas of Empire 1850–1918: Power, Territory, Identity’, Journal of Contemporary History 34, 2 (1999): 179.

9. Craft J. The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery / J. Craft // Chicago: university of Chicago Press, 1997

10. S. O. Androsov, ‘Painting and Sculpture in the Petrine Era’, in A. G. Cross (ed.)

11. Russia in the Reign of Peter the Great: Old and New Perspectives (hereafter, RRP) (Cambridge: SGECR, 1998), pp. 161–72

12. Encyclopedia of Russian history / James R. Millar, editor in chief. – THOMSON – GALE. – New York, 2004. – 1930 p.

13. Kelly W.K. The history of Russia from the earliest period to the present times, 2 vols. / Walter K. Kelly. – London, 1953. – 532 p.

14. Dukes P. The making of Russian absolutism, 1613-1801 / Paul Dukes. – Longman, 1990. – 240 p.

15. Moore M. European History / Martha Moore. – Kaplan Publishing, 2009. – 387 p.

16. Anderson P. Lineages of the absolutist state / Perry Anderson – Verso, 1974. – 573 p.

17. Rose J.H. The development of the European nations, 1870-1914 / John Holland Rose. – Putnam's sons, 1916. – 786 p.

18. Brown, Archie, Michael Kaser, and Gerald S. Smith, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

19. Dmytryshyn, Basil, ed. Medieval Russia: A Sourcebook, 900–1700. Hinsdale, Ill.: Dryden Press, 1973.

20. Blum, Jerome. Lord and Peasant in Russia. New York: Atheneum, 1965.

21. Lincoln, W. Bruce. The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias. New York: Dial Press, 1981.

22. Raeff, Marc. Understanding Imperial Russia. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

23. Fennel, J. L. I. The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200–1304. London: Longman, 1981.

24. Ascher, Abraham. The Revolution of 1905, 2 vols. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1988, 1992.

25. Mel’nikova, E. A. (ed.), Drevniaia Rus’ v svete zarubezhnykh istochnikov (Moscow: Logos, 1999).

26. Meyendorff, John, ‘Alexis and Roman: A Study in Byzantino-Russian Relations (1352–1354)’, St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 11 (1967): 139–48.

27. The Contest for the Legacy of KievanRus’ (Boulder, Colo: East European Monographs, 1998).

28. Tolochko, A. P., Kniaz’ v Drevnei Rusi: vlast’, sobstvennost’, ideologiia (Kiev: Naukova Dumka, 1992).

29. Kivelson, Valerie A., ‘Muscovite “Citizenship”: Rights without Freedom’, Journal of Modern History 74 (2002): 465–89.

30. Gatrell, P. A Whole Empire Walking: Refugees in the Russian Empire During the First World War. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1999.

31. Isaev I.A. History of state and law of Russia, 3^rd edition / I.A. Isaev. – M.: Jurist, 2004. – 797 p.

32. 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.

33. 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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(THE RUSSIAN FUNDAMENTAL LAWS OF 1906)

REVIEW SEMINAR QUESTIONS:

1. The origin of Kievan Rus’.

2. Theories of the origin of Kievan Rus’.

3. What does the veche mean?

4. Who was Princess Olga and what she does she provide?

5. The reason and consequences and of Kievan Rus’s christianization.

6. What was the competence of Grand Prince?

7. What does posadnichestvo mean?

8. The legal status of boyars.

9. The main sources of slaves.

10. Sources of law in Kievan Rus’.

11. The characteristic of agreements between Rus’ and Bizantium.

12. The sources of church law in Kievan Rus’ and its characteristic.

13. What mean the wholesale pillage?

14. The definition of crime in Kievan Rus’.

15. What the wergild mean?

16. What kinds of crimes and punishments were in Kievan Rus’ according to RP?

17. What types of courts existed in Kievan Rus’?

18. The main features of judicial process in Kievan Rus’.

19. What were the main reasons of feudal fragmentation of Kievan Rus’?

20. The main features of Novgorod’s system of Government.

21. The role of veche in Novgorod republic.

22. Formes of hereditary estates according to Pskov Judicial Charter.

23. Kinds of contracts according to Pskov Judicial Charter.

24. The goals of criminal law punishments.

25. The main features of judicial process according to according to Novgorod Judicial Charter.

26. Prerequisites of formation of centralized Russian state.

27. The characteristic of central government in Moscow State.

28. The characteristic of Chancellery system.

29. Local government administration in XV century.

30. Changes in system of local government administration in XVI-XVII centuries.

31. Characteristic of the Muscovite Sudebniki.

32. Kinds of crimes and punishments according to Sudebniki.

33. Court system according to Sudebniki.

34. The main features of the Law Code 1497.

35. Class reforms of Peter I.

36. Characteristic of the Decree on Single Inheritance.

37. The letters patent to the nobility.

38. Legal position of peasants in XVIII – XIX centuries.

39. Characteristic of the military reform of Peter I.

40. Monetary reform of Peter I

41. Religion reform of Peter I.

42. Education reform of Peter I

43. What does the enlightenment absolutism mean?

44. The main features of civil law in XVIII century.

45. The main features of family law in XVIII century.

46. Preconditions of providing reforms in Russia Empire.

47. Peasant reform of Alexander II and its importance.

48. Judicial reform and establishing new system of courts.

49. Military reform of 1874.

50. Educational reform of XIX century.

51. Counter-reforms of Alexander III and its consequences.

52. War and revolution 1904-1905.

53. Changing of the government and collapse of the Empire.