Syllabus
Paganism. Folklore, traditions, festivals, customs.
Beresta. Lubok.
Russian folk handicrafts, applied arts. The influence of Christianity on the Russian culture.
Moscow - the third Rome. Russian Orthodox Christianity.
Basic attributes of the Orthodox Church. Comparison of Catholic and Orthodox liturgies.
Orthodox cathedral. Icon painting.
Important Russian painters of icons. Religious festivals.
Pascha (Easter). Orthodox Church in Bohemia.
Slavophilism and Westernism. Russian Messianism.
Dekabrists (Decembrists). Pan-Russian movement.
Russian revolutions and their legacy in Russian culture. Seeking the third way.
Annotation
Aiming students at fundamental Russian cultural and religious movements on the areal basis, giving them information about the most important figures in broader European and worldwide context, showing Eastern European and East Slavic area in comparison as well as the worldwide importance of the Russian culture on the boundary between Europe and Asia.