Kievan Rus and Russian principalities XII-XIII centuries. The origin of Rus and the formation of its statehood

XII-XIII centuries. The origin of Russia and the formation of its statehood "

The book is a fundamental work of an outstanding domestic historian and archaeologist Acad. BA Rybakova dedicated to the problem of the origin of the Eastern Slavs and Russia, the Kiev period of the Old Russian statehood and the period of the separation of Russian principalities up to the Mongolian invasion of the XIII century.
Based on the attraction of a huge source and archaeological material, the author consistently justifies its large-scale point of view on such controversial problems, as the origin of the Rus" title, the existence of the oldest dynasty of Kiev princes of VI-IX centuries, the role of Normanov in the formation of Russian statehood. . Particular attention to the author paid a study of the causes of the period of the fragmentation of Russia at the end of the board of Vladimir Monomakh.
It is addressed to students, teachers and scientists of humanitarian universities, as well as the widest range of readers who are not indifferent to the history of the emergence of their fatherland.
3rd edition