Week # One - January 09, 2007

LECTURES

  1. Terminology, Spellings, and Other Tricks to Studying Russian History
    1. First, an Introduction
    2. Some Quick Terminology
    3. City and Street Names
    4. Spellings
  2. Russian Georgraphy and Beginnings
    1. Russian Geography
    2. The First Invasions in Russia
  3. Kievan Rus
    1. The Scandinavian Influence in Russia
    2. Early Kievan History
    3. The Rule of Vladimir
    4. Iaroslav the Wise
  4. Kievan Institutions and Society
    1. Kievan Economics
    2. Kievan Society
    3. Kievan Religion and Culture
  5. The Decline of Kiev
    1. The Post-Iaroslav Years
    2. The Fall of Kiev