Abstract—
The results of study of the acts and office work of the central government system of Russia in the 16th–17th centuries are presented. It is shown that, due to the large territory, multiethnicity, and polyconfessionalism of Russia, a strong centralized power is an inevitable factor of its existence. In turn, the 17th century was a time of choice and the last attempt to restore the symphony, the joint making of the state and the Church, which had been violated in the era of Ivan the Terrible.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
REFERENCES
L. V. Milov, Great Russian Plowman and Features of the Russian Historical Process (ROSSPEN, Moscow, 1998) [in Russia].
B. A. Uspenskii, “Tsar and impostor: Imposture in Russia as a cultural and historical phenomenon,” in Sketches on Russian History (Azbuka, St. Petersburg, 2002) [in Russian].
V. D. Nazarov, “‘Advice-loving autocrat’…,” in A. N. Sa-kharov, V. D. Nazarov, and A. N. Bokhanov, Ascetics of Russia (Russkoe Slovo, Moscow, 1999) [in Russian].
Yu. G. Alekseev, Under the Banners of Moscow: The Struggle for the Unity of Russia (Mysl’, Moscow, 1992) [in Russian].
V. O. Klyuchevskii, Russian History: A Full Course of Lectures (Olma-PRESS, Moscow, 2004) [in Russian].
D. V. Liseitsev, N. M. Rogozhin, and Yu. M. Eskin, Orders of the Moscow State of the 16th–17th Centuries: A Reference Dictionary (Tsentr Gumanitarnykh Initsiativ, Moscow, 2015) [in Russian].
P. N. Milyukov, Essays on the History of Russian Culture (Progress-Kul’tura, Moscow, 1994), Vol. 2, Part 1 [in Russian].
A. V. Kartashev, Essays on the History of Russian Church (Terra, Moscow, 1993), Vol. 1 [in Russian].
D. A. Al’shits, The Beginning of Autocracy in Russia: The State of Ivan the Terrible (Nauka, Leningrad, 1988) [in Russian].
M. A. Isaev, History of the Russian State and Law: Textbook (Statut, Moscow, 2012) [in Russian].
V. O. Klyuchevskii, Russian History (Mysl’, Moscow, 1995), Book 2 [in Russian].
K. V. Cherepnin, Zemsky Sobors of the Russian State in the 16th–17th Centuries (Nauka, Moscow, 1978) [in Russian].
A. K. Leont’ev, “Political system,” in Essays on Russian Culture of the 17th Century (Izd. Mos. Gos. Univ., Moscow, 1979) [in Russian].
I. D. Martysevich and V. S. Shul’gin, “Law and court,” Essays on Russian Culture of the 17th Century (Izd. Mos. Gos. Univ., Moscow, 1979) [in Russian].
Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents, Fund 79, Relations between Russia and Poland, Inventory 1, Book 26.
Legend of Avraamy Palitsyn (Izd. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 1955) [in Russian].
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Translated by B. Alekseev
Reprinted from the collection Russian Statehood: The Experience of 1150 Years of History: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference (Moscow, December 4‒5, 2012) (Moscow, 2013), pp. 72–79 [in Russian].
Nikolai Mikhailovich Rogozhin, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), is Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of Russian History.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Rogozhin, N.M. Statehood of Russia in the 16th‒17th Centuries: Power and Society. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 90, 504–509 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331620050056
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331620050056