Russian Persona |
Modar Neznanich is my primary persona.
He is the son of a
Muscovite spice merchant.
He plans to eventually take over the family business,
and has his eye on the butcher's daughter who
lives down the street.
If you have an
interest in developing a Russian name
and/or persona, check out
the links listed below:
Links
A Dictionary of Period Russian Names |
by Paul Wickenden of Thanet |
Locative Bynames in Medieval Russia |
by Paul Wickenden of Thanet |
Russian Personal Names: Name Frequency in the Novgorod Birch-Bark Letters |
by Predslava Vydrina |
Medieval
Russian Life by Sofya la Rus |
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Russian History A wonderful site by Bucknell University's Russian Studies Department |
The Face of Russia A timeline website by PBS |
Patterns and Instructions for
Medieval Russian Costumes by Predslava Vydrina |
Russian Female Garb |
Russian Sarafan |
by Nastasiia Ivanova Medvedeva |
Medieval Russian Jewelry
by Predslava Vydrina |
Rus Male Costume by Peter Beatson |
Russian Male Garb |
Research Questions for Developing a Persona |
Russian Knowledge Page
§ by the Slavic Interest Group |
Predslava's Russian History Trivia
Page by Predslava Vydrina |
Russian Folk Tales and Folk Belief by Predslava Vydrina |
Russian Medieval Arms and Armor |
The Vikings in Russia |
by Steven Lowe |
Slavic Interest Group Founded by SCA members, it is an information exchange for the study of Medieval history and culture in the Slavic world. (This includes, but is not limited to, the cultures of Rus/Russian, Polish, Transylvanian, Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Balkan, Czech as well as Slavic.) |
Spices My webpage of spice info and links |
Suggested Readings
Medieval Russia, 850 -1700: a sourcebook | - | Basil Dmytryshyn (ed.) | ||
Kievan Russia 850-1240 | - | Dimitri Obolensky | ||
The Crisis of Medieval Russia 1200-1304 | - | John Fennell | ||
The Formation of Muscovy 1304-1613 | - | Robert O. Crummey | ||
Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles and Tales | - | S.A. Zenkovsky | ||
©1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006 Ron "Modar" Knight
Baron Modar
Neznanich, OPel
e-mail:
modar@everestkc.net
Russian bird graphics at top of page are used
via permission granted by Maria Gedilaghine Holl, on her
webpage at: http://members.aol.com/Predslava/GiliarovskaiaPatterns.html
© Maria Gedilaghine Holl, 1998.