History

Russia Is Neither the West Nor the East, But the North

Andrey Golovnev, Director of the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (the Kunstkamera), lectured about Russia’s northernness as a fundamental aspect of its civilization. The lecture also addressed the need to consider certain historical interpretations, particularly regarding Kievan Rus’. Essentially, it [Kievan Rus’] is northern — Ladoga, Novgorod, Varangian. Kyiv emerged later as...