Lec 1: Origins Flashcards
Who are modern ethnic Russians descendants of?
eastern slavic tribes such as the severian and the pecheneg
Who did the Rus base the Khaganate model off of, and what was their relationship?
They based it on the Khazars (semi nomadic turkic people) with whom they were in conflict)
From when to when did the Rurikids rule the Rus’ lands? What ethnicity were the three brothers? According to what did the Rus invite them?
862 -1612. Varangians (vikings). The 12th century Primary Chronicle, the Norman argument.
What did Gerhardt Muller argue and when? What did Mikhail Lomonosov think?
In the 18th century Gerhardt argued that russia owed its name and ruling elite to Scandinavia. Mikhail supported the anti-norman argument: germans were not as intellectually advanced as Russians and it it impossible that they ruled.
