Yeremyan, V.V. Specific features of the Ancient Russian statehood of the city-state type within the context of feudalization of the early types of direct democracy and people’s rule (on the issue of methodology of studies). Part 1

Abstract: The attitude towards the Russian land as a generally stable agrarian community of the Slavic and the indigenous peoples, the so-called “Land of Cities” (Gardariki) differentiates the city from the usual settlement… This article by Professor Yeremyan is devoted to the complications of the social structure of the Russian city as a mirror of the entire Russian society of that time.