On the Choice of Religion and the Khazar Question in Kievan Rus Cover Image

O výbere viery a chazarskej otázke na Kyjevskej Rusi
On the Choice of Religion and the Khazar Question in Kievan Rus

Author(s): Ján Šafin
Subject(s): History
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Kievan Rus; Khazar Khaganate; Religion; Judaism; Byzantine Empire; Christianity; Islam; Buddhism; Polemics; Bulgaria; Cyrillo-Methodian Mission; Apocrypha

Summary/Abstract: This article considers the process of acceptance of Christianity by the Rus during the reign of Vladimir and the question of the choice of religion facing the ruler of Kiev as a result of the interest of four great religions in Kievan Rus. It is also devoted to the Khazar question, which is inseparably linked with the “choice of religion”. As a result of the acceptance of Judaism by the Khazars, this question is directly connected with the historical development of the Jewish nation and its role in the formation of Kievan Rus.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 3-26
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Slovak