Женские украшения и возникновение Древнерусского государства: заметки на полях проблемы
Women’s Jewelry and the Origin of Old Russian State: Some Remarks in the Margins of the Issue

Author(s): Aleksey A. Romanchuk
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: Old Russian state; Gnezdovo; Ladoga; Scandinavians; Varangians; Slavs; horseshoe fibulae; sundress; toponym; etymology;trade;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents some thoughts on the issue of archaeological data interpretation (concerning women’s jewelry) in the context of processes that led to the formation of Old Russian state. The author critically considers the ideas about the “Scandinavian control on the Baltic-Volga trade route” and “Scandinavian colonies” in the Eastern Europe. The author raises also a question on the initial political status and real role in the formation of the Old Russian state of the emerging trade-specialized settlements in the Ladoga and Gnezdovo.

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