Including what we must look for in this study, What will be necessary, our mode of study, what we need and what we must omit, and the meaning of terms. Origin of the Slavic people.
Hello Pilgrim, This is a translation of a book written in Russian, by a Russian, and for Russian readers. So, Gumilev jumps into his system rather quickly, for those not used to his methods and theories. I have worked with all of his books on this site, and still it moves fast for me.
When moving through the ages in Eurasia, there are 100's tribal and ethnic names (place names too), that I have never heard of, (reading only from the west). Furthermore, proper names are translated phonetically, and there is no direct correspondence to the sounds in Russian and those in English, so each occurrence might spelled be different. These confusions aside, if it is interesting enough, you will get the hang of it.
It is a comprehensive history of Russia from Kievan RUS in about 890 AD, until Peter the Great, I think about 1725. The very interesting illustrations are about 300 woodcut prints from Medieval artwork. It moves through all the Rurik Dynasty line of princes in Kiev and how Moscow took the power.
It also moves very fast, but redeemed by the illustrations.
Fascinating read although somewhat difficult to fully comprehend. Do you have any books with colourful pictures and dialogue balloons?
Hello Pilgrim, This is a translation of a book written in Russian, by a Russian, and for Russian readers. So, Gumilev jumps into his system rather quickly, for those not used to his methods and theories. I have worked with all of his books on this site, and still it moves fast for me.
When moving through the ages in Eurasia, there are 100's tribal and ethnic names (place names too), that I have never heard of, (reading only from the west). Furthermore, proper names are translated phonetically, and there is no direct correspondence to the sounds in Russian and those in English, so each occurrence might spelled be different. These confusions aside, if it is interesting enough, you will get the hang of it.
I have one illustrated book. It is this one: https://library4conciliation.substack.com/p/index-page-from-rus-to-russia
It is a comprehensive history of Russia from Kievan RUS in about 890 AD, until Peter the Great, I think about 1725. The very interesting illustrations are about 300 woodcut prints from Medieval artwork. It moves through all the Rurik Dynasty line of princes in Kiev and how Moscow took the power.
It also moves very fast, but redeemed by the illustrations.
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