Prince, Saint and Apostle: Prince Vladimir Svjatoslavic of Kiev, His Posthumous Life, and the Religious Legitimization of the Russian Great Power

by Jukka K. Korpela

The Baptist of Russia, Vladimir, is a key figure of the today's Nationalistic policy and culture of the country. Our actual knowledge about the prince who governed from 978-1015 in Kiev is however extremely little. Our views are based on the texts, which were written down a long time after his death and contain political, religious and national interpretations with which rulers ofdifferent periods sought to justify publicly their own policy with reference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447044578
• ISBN13: 9783447044578
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.4" x 6.7"