S. Solov’ev, Kostomarov
GLOSSARY
OF RUSSIAN WORDS EMPLOYED WITHOUT EXPLANATION IN TEXT
| Baba yaga | witch in Slavonic myth |
| Bogoroditza | Mother-of-God |
| gorod | town |
| gosoudarstvo | realm, sovereignty |
| ikon | picture of a saint in relief |
| kolokol | church bell |
| lavra | monastery of superior grade |
| oblast | district, region |
| posadnik | mayor of free city |
| sobor | national council or Parliament; cathedral |
| Spasskie | of-the-Saviour |
| Strielitz | body-guard, originally archers |
| velikie | great, grand |
| vetché | town or communal council |
| voevoda | military commander |
| zamok | castle |
INDEX
- Aleksandr Nevskie, 96, 100
- Aleksis, Metropolitan and Saint, 126
- Anastasie Romanov, 201
- Andrei, Prince of Souzdal, 62
- death of, 65
- Astrakhan, khanate of, 149
- annexed by Moskovy, 207
- Baltic trade, 60
- Batory (Stefan), 241
- Batu, 89
- Bela III., King of Hungary, 70
- Bela IV., King of Hungary, 88, 94
- Boris Sviatoslavitch, 44
- Boris Godounov, 253
- elected Tzar, 265
- Bulgaria (Balkan principality), 8, 28
- Bulgaria (Volga principality), 9, 36, 83, 89
- Calendar, reform of, not adopted in Russia, 255
- Christianity, introduction of, in Russia, 38, 40
- Constantinople, 8
- Russian expeditions against, 16, 20, 23, 50
- Latin conquest of, 74
- taken by the Turks, 146
- Moskovite relations with, 161
- Daniel Romanovitch, 87
- “King of Galitz,” 99
- death of, 106
- Dimitri Donskoi, 127
- defeats Mongols, 131
- Dimitri—Tzarevitch, 249
- death of, 260
- Dimitri (False), see Ljhedimitri
- Dorpat, founded, 47
- Elizabeth Queen of England, correspondence with Ivan IV., 222
- England, Moskovite intercourse with, 208
- Mediation of, between Russia and Sweden, 318
- Gardie, de la, Swedish General, 245
- Jacob, 294, 297
- Gedimin, Duke of Lit’uania, 115
- death of, 120
- German artillerists in Moskovite service, 187
- Glieb Sviatoslavitch, 44
- Glinski, Mikhail, 175, 180, 196
- Godounov dynasty established, 265
- overturned, 277
- Greek artists at Moskva, 146
- Grodno, founded, 102
- Habsburgh, candidate for Polish Crown, 236, 241
- despoiled by Ivan III., 163
- Hanse League, factory at Novgorod, 87
- Towns, Treaty with Novgorod, 139
- Henri de Valois, elected King of Poland, 239
- Hungary, intervention in west Russian affairs, 70, 87
- invaded by Mongols, 94
- contested succession to throne, 160
- Igor, Prince of Kiev, 17
- death of, 26
- Igor, “Song of,” 67-69
- Isiaslav I., Prince of Kiev, 53
- Ivan Kalita, Grand-Prince, 114
- Ivan Ivanovitch, Grand-Prince, 126
- Ivan III., 149
- marriage with Sophie Paleologus, 153
- quarrels with Lit’uania, 164
- death, 173
- Ivan IV., 195
- coronation, 201
- marriages, 201, 234, 235, 244
- wars with Poland and Sword Order, 208, 243
- death, 249
- Ivan Ivanovitch, Tzarevitch, 207
- killed by his father, 246
- Kalka, battle of, 84
- Kazan, khanate of, 144, 149
- annexed to Moskovy, 205
- Khazars, 9, 28
- Kiev, first mention of, 15
- becomes capital of Russian State, 18
- increased importance of, 51
- stormed by Souzdalian force, 63
- decline of fortunes, 62
- stormed by Mongols, 92
- lost to Russia, 124
- Krim Tartars, 149, 165, 179, 186, 198, 232, 262
- Kozaks, origin of, 192
- western, in Polish service, 260, 296, 310
- of the Don, 248, 273, 291, 303, 315
- Lit’uania, 6, 70
- first historical Duke of, 101
- aggrandisement of, 115
- Conversion to Christianity, 134
- Moskovite campaigns against, 128, 165
- Union with Poland, 224
- Livland, 6
- military conversion of, 74, 77
- campaigns in, 168, 208, 240, 244
- Ljhedimitri, appearance of, 272
- success of his enterprise, 277
- overthrow, 284
- speculations as to his origin, 285
- Ljhedimitri II., 291
- death of, 301
- Lubetch, “carpet-council” at, 55
- Makar’ev, fair of, 190
- Marina Mnishek, 273, 282, 292, 301, 316
- Martha of Novgorod, 150, 155
- Mengli-Girei, 156, 182
- Mikhail Romanov, 312
- Money, early form of, 51
- Mongols, 81
- invade Russia, 83
- invade Poland, 93
- invade Hungary, 94
- Russian subjection to, 97
- defeated at Koulikovo, 131
- sack Moskva, 132
- bloodless overthrow, 157
- Moskva, founding of, 62
- resists Lit’uanians, 128
- becomes Metropolitan city, 118
- stormed by Mongols, 132
- growing supremacy of, 147
- description of, 177
- Court Life at, 183
- terrorised by Ivan IV., 229
- burnt by Tartars, 233
- occupied by Poles, 300
- Mother-of-God of Vladimir, 62, 137, 266, 311, 314
- Mstislav (of Tmoutorokan), 46
- Mstislav (of Toropetz), 75, 81, 87
- Novgorod the Great, 10, 27, 30
- foreign trade with, 60
- internal affairs of, 61, 103
- victory over Souzdal, 64
- quarrels with Moskva, 139, 151
- humiliated by Ivan III., 155
- punished by Ivan IV., 225
- taken by Swedes, 304
- restored to Moskovy, 320
- Novgorod (Nijhnie-) 306
- Novgorod-Sieverski, 273, 324
- Oleg, Prince of Kiev, 17
- Olga, 19, 26
- Conversion to Christianity, 27
- Olgerd, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 124
- Opritchniki, instituted, 218
- abolished, 239
- Orsha, battle of, 181
- Orthodox Church, quarrels with the Roman Catholic Church, 73, 153
- and Council of Florence, 142
- fast observances, 122
- in harmony with State, 122
- crusade against foreign influences, 306
- Papacy, dealings with Russia, 74, 99, 152, 171
- and Gedimin, 116
- and the False Dimitri, 281
- and Daniel of Galitz, 99
- Perm, evangelisation of, 134
- Peroun, Slavonic Deity, 4
- worship overthrown, 40
- Petchenigs, 19, 22, 29, 34, 42, 48
- Pojharskie, Prince, 302, 308
- Poland, 9, 48
- wars with, 45, 179, 243
- election to throne of, 236, 241, 256
- intervention in Russian troubles, 296
- Pacta Conventa, 239
- Polotzk (Prince of), 55
- siege of, 214
- Polovtzi, 54, 67, 70, 72, 81
- Pskov, 27, 76, 104, 107, 119, 168, 176, 245
- Riga, 78, 167
- Roman (Prince of Novgorod), 64
- becomes Prince of Galitz, 71
- his death, 72
- Romanov family, 201, 312
- “Filarete,” 269, 293, 313, 324
- Rurik, 14
- Russia, physical conditions of, 1
- condition of, under early princes, 79
- in the Time of the Troubles, 305
- Sarai, 97
- Serfs, 264
- Sergie, Saint, 131
- Sibiria, conquest of, 247
- Simeon, Grand Prince, 121
- Shouyskie, family, 181, 195, 197, 200, 253, 258
- Shouyskie, Vasili, 261, 274, 278, 283
- elected Tzar, 287
- deposed, 298
- Skopin-Shouyskie, 294, 297
- Skouratov, Maluta, 213, 240
- Slavs, distribution of, 2
- customs of, 4
- Smolensk, annexed to Lit’uania, 136
- captured by Moskovites, 180
- Sober (national Parliament), 223, 265, 313
- Souzdal, 62, 63, 136
- Stefan of Moldavia, 158
- Stolbova, Treaty of, 320
- Sviatopalk, Grand Prince of Kiev, 43, 46
- Sviatoslav, Prince of Kiev, 26
- expedition into Bulgaria, 29
- defeated by Greeks, 33
- destroyed by Petchenigs, 34
- Sweden, Russian wars with, 163, 207, 239, 259, 304
- Sword Brethren, instituted, 74
- amalgamated with Teutonic Order, 89
- Tannenberg, battle of, 140
- Tchernigov, 46, 51, 53, 63, 68, 71, 92, 96, 273, 324
- Teutonic Order, 77
- wars with Poland, 140, 185
- secularised into Duchy of Prussia, 189
- Troitza, monastery of, 131, 306
- siege of, 293
- Troops, Moskovite, equipment of, 165
- liable to panic, 167
- Turkey, Russian relations with, 161, 232
- Tver, 109, 114, 133, 159
- Tzar, meaning of title, 159
- title first used at coronation, 201
- Thedor Ivanovitch, 253
- Thedor Godounov, 276
- Urii (Prince of Souzdal), 62
- Varangians, 12
- Vasili (Grand Prince of Moskva), 135
- Vasili “the Darkened,” 141
- Vasili III., 173
- second marriage of, 190
- death of, 192
- Viatka, 139
- Vitovt, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 135
- Vladimir the Holy, 30, 35
- conversion to Christianity, 39
- death of, 43
- Vladimir “Monomachus,” 54
- becomes Prince of Kiev, 56
- his testament, 56
- Vladimir, town of, 62, 65, 90, 118
- Vsevolod, Grand Prince of Souzdal, 66, 72
- Yagiello, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 129
- elected to Polish Crown, 133
- Yaroslav “the Great,” 36, 46
- his death, 51
- Zaroutzkie, 303, 313, 316
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