Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2015
Abstract
The paper focuses on the evolution of Muscovian political thought, especially the comprehension of tsar's authority with regard to political and social changes of the Time of Troubles. The text emphasizes the key motives which characterize historical and political thought in Muscovite Russia (such as the idea of Russian religious predominance as the last defender of genuine Christianity, the belief in a special mission of Russia etc.); it analyzes the reasons for its conservatism and stability under adverse political circumstances and the effect which it produced on subsequent Russian history.