Start page

Mykola Zharkikh (Kyiv)

Personal site

?

2nd quarter 2021

New article on history

I continue publishing article «The fall of Kyiv in 1482» (2021). Today – section «Attack tactics».

It turned out that the formidable appearance of walls and towers alone is not enough to scare off the enemy, and these fortifications still need to be defended.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «General observations» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Arrangement of memorial records. Commemoration of the living. Religious and political preferences. Foreigners. Initiators of records. Formulas of records. Records of the killed.

More info…

New article on history

I continue publishing article «The fall of Kyiv in 1482» (2021). Today – section «Political background of the attack».

Moscow decided to answer only with a refusal after, but also with deeds. Starting its big «push on the West», Moscow was looking for allies, and found them in the Crimean Khanate.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Famous persons» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

There are are extremely few famous persons in the current part of VS. Having combined both tables, we get only 71 people for 14,000 names in this part, which is 0.5%.

More info…

New article on history

I continue publishing article «The fall of Kyiv in 1482» (2021). Today – section «Analysis of sources».

Contents of chronicles. The interrelation of chronicles. The reasons for the attack in the chronicles. Date of attack. Illustrations to the Illuminated Chronicle.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Churches and monasteries» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Titles of the secular clergy. Specific churches. Monasteries (outside Kyiv). Titles of monks and nuns.

More info…

New article on history

I continue publishing article «The fall of Kyiv in 1482» (2021). Today – section «Extracts from sources».

Moscow diplomatic documentation (1482). Pechersk Synodikon (1483). Short Volyn Chronicle.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Pechersky Monastery» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Monastic titles. The influence of catholicism. The novices. The Cave of St. Anthony. Cave of the Monk Theodosius. The Trinity Monastery. Archimandrites. A great synodikon.

More info…

New article on history

I begin publishing article «The fall of Kyiv in 1482» (2021).

The fall of Kyiv showed to all interested parties the military weakness of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which occupied vast territories that it was unable to defend.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Pechersky town» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Pechersky Women’s Monastery. Microtoponyms. Desert-Nicholas Monastery.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Kyiv» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Podil. Florovsky Monastery. The Jordanian Monastery. St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. St. Sophia Monastery. The Moscow garrison.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Cossacks» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

Thus, there were only 22 "Cossack" sections and we had only two of them are fully qualified, those that leave no doubt in the title of the recorded person.

More info…

New about Vvedensky synodikon

I continue publishing the monograph «Vvedensky synodikon» (2018). Today – subsection «Townsfolk» of the section «Sociology (current part)».

It is very remarkable that there are no references to workshops, masters and apprentices. Also, there are no references to people related to money – neither usurers, nor tax or duty collectors.

More info…