Boris Uspenskij
Biographic Data
| ID | 5934161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris Uspenskij |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris |
| FAMILY NAME | Uspenskij |
| SIGNATURE | USPENSKIJ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2018-587X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Towards the Poetics of the Early Mandelštam. Ja v chorovod tenej
Mandelstam’s poem is divided into two opposing parts, in terms of content and style; they are united by the same lyrical subject. These two parts correspond to two parallel narrative plans. In the beginning, the unreal, afterlife world (the world of shadows) is presented, and then the earthly, real world. The first part describes the lyrical subject’s transition from being to non-being; the second part speaks of the life he has left behind which …
Jonas, Archbishop of Novgorod, and the Question of the Canonical Subordination of the Novgorod Diocese (To the History of the Struggle of the Moscow and Lithuanian Parties in Novgorod)
The present work aims to demonstrate that St. Jonas, Archbishop of Novgorod (1458–1470)—the last independent Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod—was a supporter of the Lithuanian party, and not at all an adherent of Moscow, as hagiographic tradition claims and is commonly thought. In particular, he wanted his successor to be consecrated not in Moscow, but in Kiev (i.e., in Lithuanian Rus’). In this connection, In this connection we consider the questio…
Russian gosudar’ ‘sovereign’
In the first half of the 15th century, the word gospodar’ appears in the title of the Grand Princes of Muscovy. In the 16th–17th centuries, gospodar’ was replaced by gosudar’. How did these terms correlate? When exactly and how did this change take place? All researchers, without exception, believed that gosudar’ is the result of a transformation of the word gospodar’, but none of them could explain how it could happen. Meanwhile, these words, ap…
A Strange Oath of Ivan III
The article is devoted to a strange oath of Ivan III, the Grand Prince of all Rus’, in 1488, registered in some Russian chronicles. The oath is very unusual and sometimes is regarded as heretical. Some scholars even associate it with the heresy of the Judaizers. Was the oath really heretical? Why did Ivan III choose such provocative language? The author attempts to answer these and contiguous questions
From a Coat of Arms to a Parsuna (Portrait of Princess Sophia Alekseуevna “in the Eagle”)
The article is devoted to the portraits of Princess Sophia Alekseyevna placed in the representation of the two-headed eagle (so-called portraits “in the eagle”). There are three paintings of this kind and an engraving (the latter has not survived). The engraving was made by Leon or Alexander Tarassevich in 1689 (it is not excluded that Alexander Tarassevich and Leon Tarassevich were one and the same person with a double name) while the portraits …
Otchich i dedich (‘Paternal and ancestral successor’) in the title of Russian monarchs
Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (Россия, Москва
An Enigmatic Form in the Title of Russian Tsars
The article deals with the spelling of the word обладатель (‘dominator, possessor’), an important component of the title of Russian Tsars (e. g. многихъ земель обладатель or отчичь и дѣдичь наслѣдникъ и обладатель, etc.). This word was written in the title in a special manner, namely with two letters a, as ОБЛААДАТЕЛЬ. It is demonstrated in the article that the form with double a reflects the sacralization of the Tsar and his title
Towards the poetics of the late Mandel’shtam (“Masteritsa vinovatykh vzorov…”
The article presents a detailed analysis of the poem “Masterica vinovatykh vzorov...” with insights on the poetic technique of Mandel’shtam. Special attention is given to the Mandel’shtam’s use of metaphors, to the interplay of homonymous meanings and to the polyphonic structure of this poem that unifies different voices
On the word “polusonok” (Genetivus pluralis) in the “Grifel’naja oda” (“Slate ode”) by Osip Mandel’štam
The article is concerned with the structure and the significance of the word polusonok created by O. E. Mandel’štam. The author reconstructs its derivational history and demonstrates that the word was created for expressing a plurale tantum
Syntactic archaisms in colloquial Russian
Metropolitan Kliment Smoliatich and His Epistles
The present article analyzes the two epistles of Kliment Smoliatich, the metropolitan of Kiev, written between 1147 and 1154, and sent to Smolensk. The addressees of the epistles were Foma (Thomas) the Presbyter and Prince Rostislav of Smolensk. The epistle to Foma is well known, whereas the epistle to Rostislav is not preserved and is known only through reconstruction. It is argued that both epistles were provoked by the ecclesiastical struggle …
Semiotics and culture
The perception of time is culturally conditioned which means that in different cultures time may be experienced – perceived, conceptualized and evaluated – in diverse ways. The distinction between past, present and future seems to be a universal phenomenon, but the relations of these categories may be different in different cultural codes. The author defines two models of temporal perception, ‘historical’ and ‘cosmological’, analysing the concept…
St. Anthony of Kiev and the Earliest History of Russian Monasticism (Novitiates in Old Rus’)
According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, when St. Anthony settled in his cave near Kiev, people joined him and he tonsured them as monks. We know, however, that in certain cases he did not tonsure the newcomers but sent them to be tonsured by a priest (hieromonk). Obviously St. Anthony was not a priest. Why, then, in some cases did he do it himself and yet in other cases, he did not? If he was not a priest, how could he tonsure people? The aut…
Glagolitic Script as a Manifestation of Sacred Knowledge
It is argued that the Glagolitic alphabet was constructed as an ideographic illustration of sacred knowledge. The author attempts to demonstrate some basic ideas encoded in the forms of the letters. At the same time the alphabet seems to reveal the acquaintance of the inventor of the Glagolitic alphabet – St Cyril the Philosopher – with Semitic languages
Boris Uspenskij and the semiotics of communication
At the core of this article is an interview to Boris Uspenskij, in which the well-known protagonist of the Tartu-Moscow School (currently Head of the Laboratory of Linguistics and Semiotics at the National Research University 's'sHigher School of Economics'' in Moscow) develops on semiotics and the sense and aims of semiotic research, communication and its central role in human consciousness, semiotic theory and methodology, in general and specif…
“Tsar and God"
Featuring a number of distinguished essays by internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection encompasses various ground-breaking works appearing in English for the first time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essays examine the survival and reconceptualization of Russia's past in later systems, and some of the key trans…
“Tsar and God
Istorija russkogo literaturnogo jazyka (XI-XVII vv.)
In der Reihe Sagners Slavistische Sammlung erschienen zwischen 1974 und 2014 Nachdrucke, wissenschaftliche Editionen und wichtige Monographien aus den Bereichen der slavistischen Sprach-, Literatur- und Geschichtswissenschaft.
The Semiotics of Russian Culture
Les problèmes sémiotiques du style à la lumière de la linguistique
Les problèmes sémiotiques du style à la lumière de la linguistique
Istorija russkogo literaturnogo jazyka (XI-XVII vv.)
In der Reihe Sagners Slavistische Sammlung erschienen zwischen 1974 und 2014 Nachdrucke, wissenschaftliche Editionen und wichtige Monographien aus den Bereichen der slavistischen Sprach-, Literatur- und Geschichtswissenschaft.
The Semiotics of Russian Culture
“Tsar and God"
Featuring a number of distinguished essays by internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection encompasses various ground-breaking works appearing in English for the first time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essays examine the survival and reconceptualization of Russia's past in later systems, and some of the key trans…
“Tsar and God
Glagolitic Script as a Manifestation of Sacred Knowledge
It is argued that the Glagolitic alphabet was constructed as an ideographic illustration of sacred knowledge. The author attempts to demonstrate some basic ideas encoded in the forms of the letters. At the same time the alphabet seems to reveal the acquaintance of the inventor of the Glagolitic alphabet – St Cyril the Philosopher – with Semitic languages
Boris Uspenskij and the semiotics of communication
At the core of this article is an interview to Boris Uspenskij, in which the well-known protagonist of the Tartu-Moscow School (currently Head of the Laboratory of Linguistics and Semiotics at the National Research University 's'sHigher School of Economics'' in Moscow) develops on semiotics and the sense and aims of semiotic research, communication and its central role in human consciousness, semiotic theory and methodology, in general and specif…
St. Anthony of Kiev and the Earliest History of Russian Monasticism (Novitiates in Old Rus’)
According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, when St. Anthony settled in his cave near Kiev, people joined him and he tonsured them as monks. We know, however, that in certain cases he did not tonsure the newcomers but sent them to be tonsured by a priest (hieromonk). Obviously St. Anthony was not a priest. Why, then, in some cases did he do it himself and yet in other cases, he did not? If he was not a priest, how could he tonsure people? The aut…
Metropolitan Kliment Smoliatich and His Epistles
The present article analyzes the two epistles of Kliment Smoliatich, the metropolitan of Kiev, written between 1147 and 1154, and sent to Smolensk. The addressees of the epistles were Foma (Thomas) the Presbyter and Prince Rostislav of Smolensk. The epistle to Foma is well known, whereas the epistle to Rostislav is not preserved and is known only through reconstruction. It is argued that both epistles were provoked by the ecclesiastical struggle …
Semiotics and culture
The perception of time is culturally conditioned which means that in different cultures time may be experienced – perceived, conceptualized and evaluated – in diverse ways. The distinction between past, present and future seems to be a universal phenomenon, but the relations of these categories may be different in different cultural codes. The author defines two models of temporal perception, ‘historical’ and ‘cosmological’, analysing the concept…
Towards the poetics of the late Mandel’shtam (“Masteritsa vinovatykh vzorov…”
The article presents a detailed analysis of the poem “Masterica vinovatykh vzorov...” with insights on the poetic technique of Mandel’shtam. Special attention is given to the Mandel’shtam’s use of metaphors, to the interplay of homonymous meanings and to the polyphonic structure of this poem that unifies different voices
On the word “polusonok” (Genetivus pluralis) in the “Grifel’naja oda” (“Slate ode”) by Osip Mandel’štam
The article is concerned with the structure and the significance of the word polusonok created by O. E. Mandel’štam. The author reconstructs its derivational history and demonstrates that the word was created for expressing a plurale tantum
Syntactic archaisms in colloquial Russian
An Enigmatic Form in the Title of Russian Tsars
The article deals with the spelling of the word обладатель (‘dominator, possessor’), an important component of the title of Russian Tsars (e. g. многихъ земель обладатель or отчичь и дѣдичь наслѣдникъ и обладатель, etc.). This word was written in the title in a special manner, namely with two letters a, as ОБЛААДАТЕЛЬ. It is demonstrated in the article that the form with double a reflects the sacralization of the Tsar and his title
From a Coat of Arms to a Parsuna (Portrait of Princess Sophia Alekseуevna “in the Eagle”)
The article is devoted to the portraits of Princess Sophia Alekseyevna placed in the representation of the two-headed eagle (so-called portraits “in the eagle”). There are three paintings of this kind and an engraving (the latter has not survived). The engraving was made by Leon or Alexander Tarassevich in 1689 (it is not excluded that Alexander Tarassevich and Leon Tarassevich were one and the same person with a double name) while the portraits …
Otchich i dedich (‘Paternal and ancestral successor’) in the title of Russian monarchs
Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (Россия, Москва
A Strange Oath of Ivan III
The article is devoted to a strange oath of Ivan III, the Grand Prince of all Rus’, in 1488, registered in some Russian chronicles. The oath is very unusual and sometimes is regarded as heretical. Some scholars even associate it with the heresy of the Judaizers. Was the oath really heretical? Why did Ivan III choose such provocative language? The author attempts to answer these and contiguous questions
Jonas, Archbishop of Novgorod, and the Question of the Canonical Subordination of the Novgorod Diocese (To the History of the Struggle of the Moscow and Lithuanian Parties in Novgorod)
The present work aims to demonstrate that St. Jonas, Archbishop of Novgorod (1458–1470)—the last independent Archbishop of Veliky Novgorod—was a supporter of the Lithuanian party, and not at all an adherent of Moscow, as hagiographic tradition claims and is commonly thought. In particular, he wanted his successor to be consecrated not in Moscow, but in Kiev (i.e., in Lithuanian Rus’). In this connection, In this connection we consider the questio…
Russian gosudar’ ‘sovereign’
In the first half of the 15th century, the word gospodar’ appears in the title of the Grand Princes of Muscovy. In the 16th–17th centuries, gospodar’ was replaced by gosudar’. How did these terms correlate? When exactly and how did this change take place? All researchers, without exception, believed that gosudar’ is the result of a transformation of the word gospodar’, but none of them could explain how it could happen. Meanwhile, these words, ap…
Towards the Poetics of the Early Mandelštam. Ja v chorovod tenej
Mandelstam’s poem is divided into two opposing parts, in terms of content and style; they are united by the same lyrical subject. These two parts correspond to two parallel narrative plans. In the beginning, the unreal, afterlife world (the world of shadows) is presented, and then the earthly, real world. The first part describes the lyrical subject’s transition from being to non-being; the second part speaks of the life he has left behind which …
Philosophy (17 works) · Linguistics (13 works) · History (12 works) · Art (7 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (4 works) · Classics (4 works) · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication (4 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (4 works)