A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Ilci. li;i;. Ruins of Old Uolf; -,/>(>* sidered the real founder of the Russian national existence. Evento this day the grave of the sainted Vladimir is the national sanc-tuary of the Russian people. Closely as the national church of Russia followed Byzantine dog-mas and forms, it kept, through the use of its own language, an in-d(pendence, which was not lessened by the fact that its metropolitanin Kieif was under the jurisdiction of the Greek patriarch of Con-stantinople. On the contrary, this


A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Ilci. li;i;. Ruins of Old Uolf; -,/>(>* sidered the real founder of the Russian national existence. Evento this day the grave of the sainted Vladimir is the national sanc-tuary of the Russian people. Closely as the national church of Russia followed Byzantine dog-mas and forms, it kept, through the use of its own language, an in-d(pendence, which was not lessened by the fact that its metropolitanin Kieif was under the jurisdiction of the Greek patriarch of Con-stantinople. On the contrary, this connection was soon disregarded,and the patriarch was unable to take effective counter measuies. The incipient national unity of Russia was immediately threat-ened when \ladimirs son and successor, Yaroslaft. introduced the IlJ H< J a.


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