Gatherer of Rus' lands
Collector or gatherer of Rus' lands,[1] also known as the gathering of the Rus' lands[1] (Russian: собирание Русской земли, romanized: sobiraniye Russkoy zemli),[2] is a historiographical concept in the study of the expansionist policy of the Principality of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[3] The concept arose in the tsarist Russian imperial historiography of the 19th century,[1] and the term could be found in works of several historians such as Dmitry Ilovaysky (Московско-Литовский период, или Собиратели Руси / The Muscovite–Lithuanian Period, or the Gatherers of Rus', 1884),[4] Kazimierz Waliszewski ("First Romanovs",[5] "Ivan Grozny")[6] and many others. In Soviet historiography, there were some disputes between scholars over which polities had a "right" to gather Rus' lands or not.[1] The pre-1917 Russian Revolution tradition, as represented by Igor Grekhov, argued that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was predominantly populated by Eastern Slavs, and therefore a legitimate gatherer of Rus' lands in competition with Muscovy from the 14th to 16th century.[1] On the other hand, the Soviet-era doctrine, as expressed by Vladimir Pashuto, regarded the Principality of Muscovy as the only legitimate gatherer of Rus' lands, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's expansion or "gathering" of Rus' lands as outright aggression.[1]
In historical studies of Russia, the concept is used to justify the liquidation of political (feudal) fragmentation in the post-Golden Horde period.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Plokhy 2006, pp. 88.
- ^ THOMPSON, JOHN M. (2019). RUSSIA AND THE SOVIET UNION : an historical introductionsecond edition. ROUTLEDGE. ISBN 9780429305214.
- ^ Plokhy 2006, pp. 87–89.
- ^ Brief description of the book "History of Russia. Google ebook.
- ^ Brief description of the book "First Romanovs". Google ebook.
- ^ Brief description of the book "Ivan Grozny". Google ebook.
- ^ Unification of Rus' lands around Moscow Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. "Patriotic History". Ryazan: "Ryazan State University of Yesenin"
Biography
[edit]- Plokhy, Serhii (2006). The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (PDF). New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 10–15. ISBN 978-0-521-86403-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
