title: Chaotic Representation of the Relationships between Princes in the Ancient Rus’
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metadata.value: Derbin, Eugene N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:55:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:55:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Derbin E. N. Chaotic Representation of the Relationships between Princes in the Ancient Rus’. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 1, pp. 286–300.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.118
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9292
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The review analyses the monograph by D. A. Borovkov “Relationships between princes in Rus’
  in the late X — in the first quarter of the XII century and their representation in the sources and
  historiography”. The work professes to contain general conclusions with respect to the research
  topic, which is a pivotal topic in the Russian historiography of the middle ages. The author aims
  at “reconsidering the question of the essence of the relationships between princes during the
  initial stage of their development with a view to determining the degree of correspondence between
  the “material of the sources” and any of the historiographical theories related to the field of
  research, if possible”. This is where the main drawback of the monograph lies. The historiographical
  theories the monograph refers to are not substantiated; contain numerous errors, gaps; often
  represent frequently confused phrases and conclusions. The historical part of the work looks
  better. The author sometimes boldly resolves minor issues relating to, for example, the questions
  about where and when a particular prince reigned. However, the author, more often relies on
  the opinion of A. A. Shakhmatov, trusting him a priori, or refers to the textual reconstructions of
  other researchers. Thus, the monograph presents a skillful compilation from historiographical
  conclusions by many researchers. The findings of Borovkov are the following. The relationships
  between princes in Rus’ since the first division of principalities by Svyatoslav Igorevich in 970 are
  presented as the development of collective co-ownership where the members of the princely
  family, who had the right to participate in management, were equal. Only at the turn of the
  XI–XII centuries the doctrine of the priority of “the oldest brother”, which the sources was associated
  with the preceding period, was formulated in Pechersk monastery. However, the struggle
  of “younger” princes for their rights made the “votchinny” (patrimonial) principle of succession
  proclaimed as the official doctrine at the Council of Liubech in 1097 politically relevant during
  that period. The princes’aspirations to individual power was perceived negatively. It remains unclear
  to the reviewer where the author reconsiders the questions of the essence of the relationships
  between princes and why he arrives at the final conclusion, contradicting the whole work,
  that the relationships between princes in Rus’ can be characterized as kinship.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: relationships of princes in Rus’
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: historiography of Ancient Rus’
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: kinship theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: zemsky-veche theory
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: princes of the Rurik dynasty
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: stareyshinstvo
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Chaotic Representation of the Relationships between Princes in the Ancient Rus’
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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