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SUMMARY:The 'Primary Chronicle' and the Origin of the Kyivan Rus' State - 
  Dr Oleksyi Tolochko (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)
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DESCRIPTION:The twelfth-century Primary Chronicle relates the legendary be
 ginnings of the medieval Rus’ state.  It tells of the invitation of Viki
 ng leaders to rule East Slavic settlements\, of princely skirmishes for th
 e throne of Kyiv\, of Rus’ altercations with Byzantium and the Khazars\,
  of the brutal slaying of a prince by a belligerent Slavic tribe\, of the 
 revenge of a princess for the murder of her husband\, and of the coming of
  Christianity to Rus’.  It is the fundamental text for the study of Kyiv
 an Rus’ history\, a discipline that came into being on the basis of the 
 explanation and interpretation of the narratives of this chronicle.  The P
 rimary Chronicle still exercises its authority over the way the formation 
 of the Kyivan state is presented in contemporary studies. In his lecture\,
  Dr Oleksiy Tolochko from the Institute of Ukrainian History\, National Ac
 ademy of Sciences\, will question the reliance of Kyivan Rus’ history on
  the Primary Chronicle\, and consider if it is possible to move beyond the
  story penned by a medieval cleric? Dr Tolochko will explore how the first
  centuries of the emergence of Rus’ in Eastern Europe can be conceived o
 n the basis of other\, non-narrative sources.\n\nAbout the Speaker\nDr Ole
 ksiy Tolochko is a leading scholar of Medieval and Early Modern Eastern Eu
 ropean history and one of Ukraine’s foremost medievalists\, who has taug
 ht at such institutions as the National University of “Kyiv Mohyla Acade
 my\,” the Central European University\, Harvard University\, and Taras S
 hevchenko National University of Kyiv. His books include: Киевская
  Русь и Малороссия в XIX веке (Kyivan Rus’ and Littl
 e Russia in the Nineteenth Century\, 2012)\; Краткая редакци
 я Правды руской: происхождение текста (The
  Short Redaction of the Rus’ Law: Origins of the Text\, 2009)\; «Ист
 ория Российская» В.Н. Татищева. Источник
 и и известия (‘Russian History’ by Vasilii Tatishchev: Sourc
 es and Accounts\, 2005)\; Київська Русь (Kyivan Rus’\, 1998)
 \; Князь в Древней Руси: Власть\, собствен
 ность\, идеология (Prince in Kyivan Rus’: Authority\, Prop
 erty\, and Ideology\, 1992). This lecture reflects aspects of his most rec
 ent book Очерки начальной Руси (Notes on Early Rus’\,
  2015).
LOCATION:Latimer room\, Clare College\, Cambridge
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