Rus’s campaign to Constantinople in 860 and the beginning of Rus’: Sergey Tsvetkov

The monograph by S.V. Tsvetkova “The Rus Council on Constantinople in 860 and the beginning of Rus’” is the first scientific work that covers this well -known but poorly understood event. It was from this campaign that our people got their name – Rus. The diplomatic recognition of Russian statehood, the beginning of the baptism of Rus’ and the establishment of the first Russian metropolis began with it.
It should be noted that this campaign is considered by the author in the context of historical events that took place in the Byzantine Empire, Khazaria, Western Europe and the Arab East and the Slavs of the Slavs in Eastern Europe. The author convincingly proves that it is this campaign that can be considered the point of reference for the formation of the Old Russian state, which occurred two years before the calling of Rurik, with which the beginning of our statehood was traditionally associated. It is especially important that one of the main results of this campaign was the baptism of Rus’, the history of which the author devotes many pages.
The book is designed for both specialists and t …

Author
Tsvetkov Sergey Vasilievich
Editor
Goppe M.V.
Publisher
Russian-Baltic inf. Center “Blits”, 2010
Series
Celts and Slavs
Genre
History of Russia until 1917