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Birch-bark Document on Karelian Language - (dead link)"In 1957 while being excavations the birch-bark document on Karelian was discovered in Novgorod.
The document's text was written on Cyrillic alphabet and represents a pagan incantation for lighting...This document dates from the XIII th century. It is the oldest text on Karelian remained for us."

The Church of Russia (1448-1800) - (dead link) Brief overview from History of the Orthodox Church - (dead link)

The Council of Florence (1438-1445)

Excerpts from The Code of Law of 1649 (Ulozhenie) - (dead link)

Excerpts for The Domostroi (mid-16th century) - (dead link)
How to Educate Children and Bring Them Up In the Fear of God

Mongols and the Muscovite State in Pre-Czarist Era: 1237-1462 - (dead link)
By Douglas Hartman

Orthodox Christianity in Russia (In Russian or English)

Russian Primary Chronicle: Princess Olga
By Prof. Steeves, Stetson University

The Stolypin Agrarian Reform (1906) - (dead link)
On Peasants Leaving the Land Commune

The Tatars: A 13 Century Description
"Tatar control of the Russian lands lasted almost two and one-half centuries and had very important, far-reaching consequences. The following description of the Tatars was written in 1243."
From the Medieval Sourcebook

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