Russian Culture: Week 4

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Week Four

--Novgorod and Pskov

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Novgorod

Nice pictures of Novgorod.

St. Sophia's in Novgorod

Another view of St. Sophia's in Novgorod

Pskov

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--The Time of Troubles/
Schism in the Russian
Orthodox Church

Links:

Boris Godunov

The Time of Troubles

Old Believers

An account of the punishment of Avvakum

Vasilii Surokov's "Boyarina Morozova"

Optional:

A paper on Avvakum's "Life"

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--Peter the Great

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Class Notes

Russian History from 1689-1917

The House of Romanov

Peter the Great

Monument to Peter I in Peter and Paul Fortress

Optional:

More on Peter the Great

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