Byzantium, Bulgaria, Ancient Rus. 9th to early 12th century

In the book of the outstanding Russian Byzantineist G.G. Litavrina tells about the formation of Ancient Rus" as a powerful cultural power and the influence of Byzantium and Bulgaria on this process. As the author himself writes, the main goal of this book is not to trace the very process and circumstances of the baptism of Rus", but to show how, despite all the vicissitudes and difficulties in relations with the Byzantine empire, the adoption of Christianity from it has become Inevitable ...
The entire course of the formation and development of the Old Russian state and its very geopolitical position led to the historical pattern that made to Byzantium the “godfather” of ancient Rus" ... "
The monograph included in the processed and supplemented form of the article G.G. Litavrin, published in 1970-90. For the widest circle of readers