Ruling Russian Eurasia, Khans, Clans, and Tsars by Williams, Robert Chadwell 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Readings -- Herodotus on the Scythians (c. 415 BCE) -- The Primary Chronicle on the Founding of Kiev Rus (862) -- The Primary Chronicle on the Baptism of Prince Vladimir (988) -- The Kipchak Khanate and the "Golden Horde" (1200s) -- Last Will and Testament of Moscow Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoi (1389) -- The Domostroi Rules for Russian Households -- Law Code (Ulozhenie) of 1649 on Serfdom -- The Reforms of Peter the Great (1699-1725) -- John Bell's Travels in Central Asia (1719) -- Peter III's Emancipation on the Nobility (1762) -- Catherine 's Charter to the Nobility -- Annexing the Crimean Khanate (1783) -- Emperor Paul I on the Rules of the Romanov Family Succession (1797) -- Speransky's Code of Indigenous Administration (Siberia) (1822) -- Pushkin and the Decembrists (1825) -- Peter Chaadaev on Russia's Family Identity (1836) -- Baron Haxthausen on the Peasant Family and Commune (1844) -- The Brotherhood of Ss. …”