Orthodox Russia: Belief and Practice Under the Tsars

by Valerie A. Kivelson

Book Overview

Orthodox Christianity came to Russia from Byzantium in 988, and in the ensuing centuries it has become such a fixture of the Russian cultural landscape that any discussion of Russian character or history inevitably must take its influence into account. Orthodox Russia is a timely volume that brings together some of the best contemporary scholarship on Russian Orthodox beliefs and practices covering a broad historical period--from the Muscovite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271023503
• ISBN13: 9780271023502
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"