The author hypothesizes that the corpses of Bruno of Querfurt (+1009) and his companions were buried among the Rus‘, possibly in Svyatopolk’s city of Turov. Such burial and cult could have influenced both the placing of the tomb of Vladimir and decorations of the St. Sophia church.

Economic and Social Aspects of the Development of Ancient Russia

The article’s main goal is to present the economic and social aspects of the development of ancient Russia. The paper is devoted to the problem of the formation of the territory of Kievan Rus through the prism of the development of civilization.

Moscow and Kiev’s vision of the interpretation of disputes about the past, the continuity of the historical roots of mutual statehood

The attack on the Russian Federation on February 24, 2022, in Ukraine, which was not the result of the functions of a superpower, treated by a member state. In any other device there is a reference to the historical past. This is in fact common in its origins but interpreted differently by both countries for 31 years. Starting from the vision of Russia promoted since the 16th century as the successor to the Byzantine Empire, Putin’s Russian Federation claims the right to create one empire corresponding to all the former lands of the Russian Empire. Not subject to legal protection and Ukrainian nationality. No official war is available to achieve this goal.