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03-370 (1) Front 3/18/04 12:51 PM Page ii Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page i HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS AND HISTORICAL ERAS Edited by Jon Woronoff 1. Ancient Egypt,Morris L. Bierbrier,1999. 2. Ancient Mesoamerica,Joel W. Palka,2000. 3. Pre-Colonial Africa,Robert O. Collins,2001. 4. Byzantium,John H. Rosser,2001. 5. Medieval Russia,Lawrence N. Langer,2002. 6. The Napoleonic Era,George F. Nafziger,2002. Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page ii Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page iii Historical Dictionary of Medieval Russia Lawrence N. Langer Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras, No. 5 The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Maryland, and London 2002 Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page iv SCARECROW PRESS,INC. Published in the United States of America by Scarecrow Press,Inc. 4720 Boston Way,Lanham,Maryland 20706 www.scarecrowpress.com 4 Pleydell Gardens,Folkestone Kent CT20 2DN,England Copyright ©2002 by Lawrence N. Langer All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Langer,Lawrence N.,1942– Historical dictionary of medieval Russia / Lawrence N. Langer. p. cm. — (Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras ; no. 5) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8108-4080-4 (alk. paper) 1. Kievan Rus—History—Dictionaries. 2. Russia—History—To 1533— Dictionaries. 3. Russia—History—1533–1613—Dictionaries. 4. Rusia— History—1613–1689—Dictionaries. I. Title. II. Series. DK71 .L32 2002 947’.003—dc21 2001034410 TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Manufactured in the United States of America. Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page v For MyFather and Mother Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page vi Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page vii Contents Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff ix Reader’s Note xi Chronology xv Introduction 1 THE DICTIONARY 19 Bibliography 263 About the Author 288 vii Langer Frontmatter [i-18] 10/18/01 10:16 AM Page viii
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