Biografia de postnik yakovlev biography

by Stephen Houston, Brown University

In memory of Erik Boot, explorer of ancient Maya history and culture

By wide evidence, kingly lines come to an end. The Rurikids, descended from Vikings, ruled Russia until After a period of dynastic tumult, they gave way to the Romanovs, whose own story as rulers ended, rather badly, in (The earlier tumult led to Tsar Boris Godunov&#;and, by good luck, to a fine play by Pushkin and an opera by Mussorgsky.) At core, kingship relies on a premise of bloodline and lineal continuity. In most cases, it also rests on claims to tangible places. There were human subjects to be sure. Hard effort by others had to underwrite all that high living. But dominion over land and settlements proved equally relevant, according a certain concrete fixity to lordship and real (or notional) control over resources. &#;Nobiliary particles&#; reflect that emphasis. German, &#;von + toponymic&#; signaled the origin of a family, &#;zu + toponymic&#; its current

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History of Kazan

Foundation of Kazan

The official date of Kazan's foundation is and the city held millennium celebrations in . However this official date has been disputed by historians. Some evidence for supposing that Kazan was founded in the 11th century are coins dating from the reign of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (who reigned from to ) and other ancient artefacts found in archaeological digs on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin. If Kazan does date from the 11th century it might have been as a trading town on route from Scandinavia to the Middle East and part of Volga Bulgaria, whose capital was Bolgar which is located km from Kazan.

The origins of the name Kazan are also debated, but the most common belief is that it is after the Turkic word for a heavy cooking pot and there is an often repeated legend in relation to this. According to this legend a son of a Volga Bulgarian khan stopped in what became Kazan and ordered his servant to get some water using his g

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St Basil's Cathedral (Moscow)

2. St Basil’s Cathedral is also called the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed, the Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, or Pokrovsky Cathedral . It was built from to on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. St. Basil's marks the geometric center of Moscow. It has been the hub of the city's growth since the 14th century and was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in The original building, known as "Trinity Church" and later "Trinity Cathedral", contained eight side churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession; the tenth church was erected in over the grave of venerated local Saint Vasily (Basil). The building fryst vatten shaped as a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no analogues in Russian architecture. The Cathedral is now a museum. One service a year is held