Aleksey Schavelev
Biographic Data
| ID | 4432123 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksey Schavelev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksey |
| FAMILY NAME | Schavelev |
| SIGNATURE | SCHAVELEV A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of World History |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Forms of Recording and Representation of Historical Memory in Bulgaria in the 9th — the beginning of the 13th Century
The article offers a brief overview of the main texts of medieval Bulgarian literature from the 9th to the beginning of the 13th century, which contain elements of historiography or, among other things, serve the function of recording and representing the historical memory of the Bulgarian people. The historiographic tradition of the Bulgarian polity of the 9th to early 13th centuries is distinguished by several unique features. In the polity of …
Fraternity of Horse and Rider
The paper describes how the Old Russian literature of the 11th — 13th centuries represented the horseman subculture of the Rus’ people of the 10th — 13th centuries, based on the martial brotherhood of the horse and its rider. Transition to heavy cavalry became military revolution of the first millennium of New Era in the Western Eurasia as a result of which the unique “knight-cataphract” military machine of professional warriors-horsemen has deve…
Milestones in the Life of Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich
The paper proposes a reconstruction of the chronological list of internal political events in the chiefdom of the Rurikid lineage in the 930s — 970s and the main milestones in the life of Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. The study is based on available synchronous documentary and narrative Greek and Latin texts. As an additional source, the texts of old Russian chronicles, written in the mid-11th — early 12th centuries, and respectively late for the …
The Kriviches
The article analyzes the data from a set of written sources on the early medieval community of Kriviches. These data unequivocally indicate that the Kriviches were the carriers of the Slavic language. Their place of habitation is specified — within the limits of the Oka forest, it is shown that they originally inhabited the cities of Smolensk and Polotsk. The time when their community existed — from the middle of the 10th century to the beginning…
To the Question of the Date of Capture of Polotsk by Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich
The paper offers a refutation of the annalistic dating and a new analytical dating of the time of capture of Polotsk by Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the prince of Novgorod on the Volkhov, and his subsequent marriage to Rogneda, the daughter of the Polotsk prince. Proceeding from available at our disposal reliable dates, it is necessary to think that this event took place in 975—977. This article offers a specification of the date of birth of the secon…
The Map of Cultural-Archaeological Areas of Eastern-European Plain in the 10th Century (to the Problem Posed)
The paper presents an experimental map of archaeological cultural areas of the East European Plain in the 10th century, each of which represents a set of archaeological cultures and groups of archaeological complexes similar in a number of characteristics. In the paper the necessity of revision of traditional approach to the interpretation of the archaeological date of the East European plain, which is based on a rigid, but often a priori binding…
Rus’ “From Frank’s Origin”
The paper presents an attempt of analysis of an isolated ethnogenetic motif of the Byzantine historiography: that the Rus were descendants of the Franks. This motif is present in three texts: in the the Chronography of Theophanes Continuatus, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon, and in one copy of the second edition of the Chronicle of Symeon the Magister and Logothete. According to the treatise De administrando imperio by emperor Constantine VII Porp…
Pliska of the 9th Century and Kiev of the 10th Century
The paper suggests a historical and typological comparison of the two capitals of the chiefdoms: Old Bulgarian Pliska, the center of the Krumid polity of the 9th century, and Old Russian Kiev, the center of the Rurikid polity of the 10th century. In both cases, a new center was created on the site of an existing settlement and experienced “explosive” growth, which correlates with the development of a new centralized polity and the intensification…
Reports about Byzantine Interpreters, 890—960s
The article presents an analyses of evidences revealed in written texts about the activities of interpreters (translators) in the Byzantine Empire from 890s to 960s. Based on the data collected, it is concluded that all identified interpreters were typical Romans (Byzantines), but not immigrants or repatriates. Translation services were a part of Byzantium’s daily life; interpreters operate in a variety of situations and locations — from the impe…
The Identification and Localization of the Place-Name Ustaulm in Eastern Europe (to the Interpretation of the 11th Century Runic Inscription on the Stone from Ålstad, Norway)
The article proposes an identification of the toponym “*ustaulmr / *Ustahólmr” from the runic inscription of the middle of the 11th century on the stone from the Norwegian village Ålstad as a Scandinavian variant of the Slavic oeсonym “*Оусть-островъ”, which was called the settlement of the people of Rus’ on the island of St. Aitherios (presumably, contemporary Berezan’ Island) at the mouth of the Dnieper. The article proves that the three main c…
Concerning the Interpretation of Lexeme boliarn (*bol-járn) in the Yngvars Saga
Rus’ “From Frank’s Origin”
The paper presents an attempt of analysis of an isolated ethnogenetic motif of the Byzantine historiography: that the Rus were descendants of the Franks. This motif is present in three texts: in the the Chronography of Theophanes Continuatus, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon, and in one copy of the second edition of the Chronicle of Symeon the Magister and Logothete. According to the treatise De administrando imperio by emperor Constantine VII Porp…
Reports about Byzantine Interpreters, 890—960s
The article presents an analyses of evidences revealed in written texts about the activities of interpreters (translators) in the Byzantine Empire from 890s to 960s. Based on the data collected, it is concluded that all identified interpreters were typical Romans (Byzantines), but not immigrants or repatriates. Translation services were a part of Byzantium’s daily life; interpreters operate in a variety of situations and locations — from the impe…
Concerning the Interpretation of Lexeme boliarn (*bol-járn) in the Yngvars Saga
The Identification and Localization of the Place-Name Ustaulm in Eastern Europe (to the Interpretation of the 11th Century Runic Inscription on the Stone from Ålstad, Norway)
The article proposes an identification of the toponym “*ustaulmr / *Ustahólmr” from the runic inscription of the middle of the 11th century on the stone from the Norwegian village Ålstad as a Scandinavian variant of the Slavic oeсonym “*Оусть-островъ”, which was called the settlement of the people of Rus’ on the island of St. Aitherios (presumably, contemporary Berezan’ Island) at the mouth of the Dnieper. The article proves that the three main c…
Reports about Byzantine Interpreters, 890—960s
The article presents an analyses of evidences revealed in written texts about the activities of interpreters (translators) in the Byzantine Empire from 890s to 960s. Based on the data collected, it is concluded that all identified interpreters were typical Romans (Byzantines), but not immigrants or repatriates. Translation services were a part of Byzantium’s daily life; interpreters operate in a variety of situations and locations — from the impe…
Rus’ “From Frank’s Origin”
The paper presents an attempt of analysis of an isolated ethnogenetic motif of the Byzantine historiography: that the Rus were descendants of the Franks. This motif is present in three texts: in the the Chronography of Theophanes Continuatus, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Symeon, and in one copy of the second edition of the Chronicle of Symeon the Magister and Logothete. According to the treatise De administrando imperio by emperor Constantine VII Porp…
Pliska of the 9th Century and Kiev of the 10th Century
The paper suggests a historical and typological comparison of the two capitals of the chiefdoms: Old Bulgarian Pliska, the center of the Krumid polity of the 9th century, and Old Russian Kiev, the center of the Rurikid polity of the 10th century. In both cases, a new center was created on the site of an existing settlement and experienced “explosive” growth, which correlates with the development of a new centralized polity and the intensification…
The Map of Cultural-Archaeological Areas of Eastern-European Plain in the 10th Century (to the Problem Posed)
The paper presents an experimental map of archaeological cultural areas of the East European Plain in the 10th century, each of which represents a set of archaeological cultures and groups of archaeological complexes similar in a number of characteristics. In the paper the necessity of revision of traditional approach to the interpretation of the archaeological date of the East European plain, which is based on a rigid, but often a priori binding…
The Kriviches
The article analyzes the data from a set of written sources on the early medieval community of Kriviches. These data unequivocally indicate that the Kriviches were the carriers of the Slavic language. Their place of habitation is specified — within the limits of the Oka forest, it is shown that they originally inhabited the cities of Smolensk and Polotsk. The time when their community existed — from the middle of the 10th century to the beginning…
To the Question of the Date of Capture of Polotsk by Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich
The paper offers a refutation of the annalistic dating and a new analytical dating of the time of capture of Polotsk by Vladimir Svyatoslavich, the prince of Novgorod on the Volkhov, and his subsequent marriage to Rogneda, the daughter of the Polotsk prince. Proceeding from available at our disposal reliable dates, it is necessary to think that this event took place in 975—977. This article offers a specification of the date of birth of the secon…
Milestones in the Life of Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich
The paper proposes a reconstruction of the chronological list of internal political events in the chiefdom of the Rurikid lineage in the 930s — 970s and the main milestones in the life of Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. The study is based on available synchronous documentary and narrative Greek and Latin texts. As an additional source, the texts of old Russian chronicles, written in the mid-11th — early 12th centuries, and respectively late for the …
Fraternity of Horse and Rider
The paper describes how the Old Russian literature of the 11th — 13th centuries represented the horseman subculture of the Rus’ people of the 10th — 13th centuries, based on the martial brotherhood of the horse and its rider. Transition to heavy cavalry became military revolution of the first millennium of New Era in the Western Eurasia as a result of which the unique “knight-cataphract” military machine of professional warriors-horsemen has deve…
Forms of Recording and Representation of Historical Memory in Bulgaria in the 9th — the beginning of the 13th Century
The article offers a brief overview of the main texts of medieval Bulgarian literature from the 9th to the beginning of the 13th century, which contain elements of historiography or, among other things, serve the function of recording and representing the historical memory of the Bulgarian people. The historiographic tradition of the Bulgarian polity of the 9th to early 13th centuries is distinguished by several unique features. In the polity of …
History (9 works) · History (9 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (6 works) · Ancient history (5 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (5 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (5 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (4 works) · Classics (4 works) · Classics (4 works)