Аleksei S Shchavelev
Biographic Data
| ID | 4460197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Аleksei S Shchavelev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Аleksei S |
| FAMILY NAME | Shchavelev |
| SIGNATURE | SHCHAVELEV А S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of World History |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0997-8235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Romaioi People (I. E. “Greeks”) in the Original Old Rus’ Literature of the 11th - 12th Centuries
For the first time in historiography, the article analyses the descriptions of the people Romaioi (Romans), designated as “Greeks”, in the original (“non-translated”) Old Rus’ literature of the 11th–12th centuries. The Greeks are depicted by Old Rus’ authors as bearers of high culture, endowed with exceptional spiritual (primarily true Orthodox faith and uniquely beautiful rituals) and material values. A typical Greek is characterised by possessi…
The People Rus' in the Ninth – Middle Eleventh Centuries
The main aim of this article is to try to give an outline of modern understanding of processes and mechanisms of formation of the people called Rus' and the polity of the Rurikid lineage. New interpretations of written sources are placed in the basis of the proposed approach. The later Old Russian narratives, first of all, the ‘Primary Chronicle’, are recognized as unreliable and secondary sources, and the basic factual basis is formed on the bas…
Why do We Need a Typology (Classification) and a Political Anthropological Meta-Language for Describing Post-Neolithic Pre-Modern Polities
In the twenty-first century, historical science witnessed a rapid obsolescence of most conceptual models of history and meta-languages for describing societies of the past, especially the history of archaic, post-Neolithic pre-Modern, societies, i. e. the period of Ancient Times and the Middle Ages. Now historians-theorists in their majority steal bits of empirical data from practitioners (Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard [1961] wrote about this), not…
Forum 64
This "Forum" considers attitudes towards theories and theoretical knowledge among ethnologists and anthropologists. Answering questions from the forum organisers, its participants discuss the need for a common "grand theory" that would unite the entire anthropological community, the tense relationship between theory and description, the causes, manifestations and effects of theory fatigue - and also the need for it, its shortage - and overproduct…
To the Reading of the Greek Novgorod Birchbark Letter No. 552
The paper proposes a clarification of the reading of the only birchbark letter No. 552 written in Greek. The correct (in general) reading of this text, proposed in the publication of the letter and accepted in the historiography, nevertheless raises a number of questions that make it reconsidered by the methods of paleography and communication aim interpretation. According to the results of the analysis, it is assumed that letter No. 552 is a mem…
Old Russian cities of the East European Plain in the 10th century according to written sources (updating the perspective for research)
The article provides an analytical review of references that contain oeconyms related to the people named Rus’ in the 10th century in Arabic, Byzantine, Old Russian and Old Scandinavian written traditions. Critical assessment of the identification of oeconyms from these texts in different languages and from different times requires us to reject the historiographical inertia of perceiving urban history of the 10th century through the prism of the …
New “Russian Translation” of the Treatise “De Adminstrando Imperio” Amid Its Contemporary Studies
Introduction. The article is a critical essay about an attempt to translate the Constantine’s treatise “De Administrando Imperio” into an artificially archaic “Pseudo-Slavic” language, made by R.A. Gimadeev. It is shown that his commentaries accompanying this translation are extremely primitive, the author does not follow scientific methods and he is not familiar with modern scientific literature. This is especially clearly seen, since this publi…
Basic Features of Political Organization and Social Structure of Rurikid Polity in the Tenth Century
On One Byzantine Rhetorical Gambit to Disavow Diplomatic Precedent (Const. Porph. Dai. 13.145–194 & Liud. Relatio. 55)
Introduction. The article aims to compare two texts concerning byzantine diplomatic practices of the mid 10th century. The first one is described in the 13th chapter of the treatise “De Administrando Imperio”, in which its author Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus gave some pieces of advice to his son Romanus II Porphyrogenitus how to line up rhetorical manipulation during the negotiations with ambassadors of different ‘barbarian’ nations. The secon…
Treatise "De Administrando Imperio" by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
The article proposes a new version of the history of the famous Byzantine political treatise De Administrando Imperio. The text of this treatise was written after 952 and before November 959 personally by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus for his eldest son Romanus II. The emperor worked in tandem with an “Anonymous Collaborator”. The text of the treatise was based on the private notes and excerpts of emperor Constantine VII and various oth…
How to find Croats? An essay about the monograph of D.E. Alimov “The ethnogenesis of Croats…”
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How to find Croats? An essay about the monograph of D.E. Alimov “The ethnogenesis of Croats…”
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Treatise "De Administrando Imperio" by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
The article proposes a new version of the history of the famous Byzantine political treatise De Administrando Imperio. The text of this treatise was written after 952 and before November 959 personally by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus for his eldest son Romanus II. The emperor worked in tandem with an “Anonymous Collaborator”. The text of the treatise was based on the private notes and excerpts of emperor Constantine VII and various oth…
Basic Features of Political Organization and Social Structure of Rurikid Polity in the Tenth Century
On One Byzantine Rhetorical Gambit to Disavow Diplomatic Precedent (Const. Porph. Dai. 13.145–194 & Liud. Relatio. 55)
Introduction. The article aims to compare two texts concerning byzantine diplomatic practices of the mid 10th century. The first one is described in the 13th chapter of the treatise “De Administrando Imperio”, in which its author Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus gave some pieces of advice to his son Romanus II Porphyrogenitus how to line up rhetorical manipulation during the negotiations with ambassadors of different ‘barbarian’ nations. The secon…
New “Russian Translation” of the Treatise “De Adminstrando Imperio” Amid Its Contemporary Studies
Introduction. The article is a critical essay about an attempt to translate the Constantine’s treatise “De Administrando Imperio” into an artificially archaic “Pseudo-Slavic” language, made by R.A. Gimadeev. It is shown that his commentaries accompanying this translation are extremely primitive, the author does not follow scientific methods and he is not familiar with modern scientific literature. This is especially clearly seen, since this publi…
Old Russian cities of the East European Plain in the 10th century according to written sources (updating the perspective for research)
The article provides an analytical review of references that contain oeconyms related to the people named Rus’ in the 10th century in Arabic, Byzantine, Old Russian and Old Scandinavian written traditions. Critical assessment of the identification of oeconyms from these texts in different languages and from different times requires us to reject the historiographical inertia of perceiving urban history of the 10th century through the prism of the …
To the Reading of the Greek Novgorod Birchbark Letter No. 552
The paper proposes a clarification of the reading of the only birchbark letter No. 552 written in Greek. The correct (in general) reading of this text, proposed in the publication of the letter and accepted in the historiography, nevertheless raises a number of questions that make it reconsidered by the methods of paleography and communication aim interpretation. According to the results of the analysis, it is assumed that letter No. 552 is a mem…
The Romaioi People (I. E. “Greeks”) in the Original Old Rus’ Literature of the 11th - 12th Centuries
For the first time in historiography, the article analyses the descriptions of the people Romaioi (Romans), designated as “Greeks”, in the original (“non-translated”) Old Rus’ literature of the 11th–12th centuries. The Greeks are depicted by Old Rus’ authors as bearers of high culture, endowed with exceptional spiritual (primarily true Orthodox faith and uniquely beautiful rituals) and material values. A typical Greek is characterised by possessi…
The People Rus' in the Ninth – Middle Eleventh Centuries
The main aim of this article is to try to give an outline of modern understanding of processes and mechanisms of formation of the people called Rus' and the polity of the Rurikid lineage. New interpretations of written sources are placed in the basis of the proposed approach. The later Old Russian narratives, first of all, the ‘Primary Chronicle’, are recognized as unreliable and secondary sources, and the basic factual basis is formed on the bas…
Why do We Need a Typology (Classification) and a Political Anthropological Meta-Language for Describing Post-Neolithic Pre-Modern Polities
In the twenty-first century, historical science witnessed a rapid obsolescence of most conceptual models of history and meta-languages for describing societies of the past, especially the history of archaic, post-Neolithic pre-Modern, societies, i. e. the period of Ancient Times and the Middle Ages. Now historians-theorists in their majority steal bits of empirical data from practitioners (Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard [1961] wrote about this), not…
Forum 64
This "Forum" considers attitudes towards theories and theoretical knowledge among ethnologists and anthropologists. Answering questions from the forum organisers, its participants discuss the need for a common "grand theory" that would unite the entire anthropological community, the tense relationship between theory and description, the causes, manifestations and effects of theory fatigue - and also the need for it, its shortage - and overproduct…
History (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Classics (5 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Byzantine architecture (4 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)