Books I've found useful...

History:
  • Fennell, John. The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200-1304 Longman, 1983.
  • Freeze, Gregory. Russia, A History. Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-215899-6.
  • MacKenzie and Curran, A History of Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond. Maple Press, 1993.
  • Rawson, Don C. editor. Readings in Russian History, 9th to the 19th Century Iowa State University, 1992.
  • Tikhomirov, M. The Towns of Ancient Rus. Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1959. Shelf# DK71 T523 1959.

    • Clothing:

  • Kireyeva, E.V. Translated by Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova. The History of Costume. Enlightenment, Moscow, 1970.
  • Kolchin, B.A. Drevnyaya Rus': Byt i kultura. (Ancient Rus: Life and Culture) Moscow, "Nauka", 1997. ISBN 5-02-010174-5. - Lots and lots of illustrations of artifacts.
  • Pushkareva, Natalia. Zhenshchiny drevney Rusi. (Women of ancient Rus) Mysl', 1989. Shelf# HQ1147 S65P87 1989, ISBN 5-244-00281-3.
  • Pushkareva, Natalia. Translated by Eve Levin. Women in Russian History. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York, 1997.
  • Rabinovich, M.G. Drevnayaya odezhda narodov vostochnoj evropy (Ancient clothing of the peoples of Eastern Europe). Moscow. "Nauka", 1986.
  • Sosnina, N. and I. Shankina. Russkij Traditsionnyj Kostyum: Illyustrirovannaya Entsiklopediya. (Russian Traditional Costume: An illustrated encyclopedia) Iskusstvo, St. Petersburg, 1998. Shelf# GT1050 S67 1998, ISBN 5-210-01501-7.
  • Stamerov, K.K. Translated by Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova. An Illustrated History of Costume. Avenger, Kiev, 1978.
  • Vasilenko, V.M. Russkoye prikladnoye iskusstvo: Istoki i stanovleniye (Russian applied art: sources and formation). Moscow, "Iskusstbo", 1977.

    • Arms, and Armor:

  • Fennell, J. The Crisis of Medieval Russia 1200-1304. London, 1983.
  • Kireyeva, E.V. The History of Costume: European Costumes from Antiquity to the 20th Century. Enlightenment, Moscow, 1970. Excerpts on Russian costume, translated by Tatiana Nikolaevna Tumanova.
  • Nicolle, David. Armies of Medieval Russia 750-1250. Osprey, 1999. ISBN 1-85532-848-8
  • Nicolle, David. Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia. Stackpole Books, Pennsylvania, 1999? Shelf# - U810 N5 1988. ISBN 1-85367-369-2
  • Nicolle, David. Lake Peipus 1242: Battle of the Ice. Osprey, 1996. ISBN 1-85532-553-5
  • Stamerov, K.K. An Illustrated History of Costumes. Avenger, Kiev, 1978.

    • Art and Design:

  • Drevnij Novgorod: prikladnoye iskusstvo i arxeologiya. (Ancient Novgorod: applied art and archeology). Moscow, "Iskusstvo", 1985. - Color photos of artifacts!
  • Hilton, Alison. Russian Folk Art. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1995. Shelf# NK975 H55 1995 Art.
  • Kolchin, B.A. Drevnyaya Rus': Byt i kultura. (Ancient Rus: Life and Culture) Moscow, "Nauka", 1997. ISBN 5-02-010174-5. - Lots and lots of illustrations of artifacts.
  • Medieval Russian Ornament in Full Color, From Illuminated Manuscripts. Moscow Museum of Art and Industry. Dover Publications, New York, 1994.
  • Rabinovich, M.G. Ocheriki material'noj kul'tury russkogo feodal'nogo goroda (Sources of material culture of Russian feudal cities). Moscow, "Nauka", 1988. ISBN 5-02-009891-4.
  • Rybakov, B.A. Russian Applied Art of Tenth-Thirteenth Centuries. Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1971.
  • Smirnova, E.S. Kul'tura Drevnei Rusi (The Culture of Ancient Rus) Proskeshchenie, Leningrad. 1967.
  • Treasures of the Czars from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin Presented by Florida International Museum St. Petersburg. Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, 1995. Library of Congress N6981.T74 1995
  • Voyce, Arthur. The Art and Architecture of Medieval Russia. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

    • Russian Names:

  • The Fellowship of SS. Alban and Sergius. A Manual of Eastern Orthodox Prayers. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, and the Macmillan Company, New York. 1946. Shelf# BX360 A5F4
  • Van den Baar, A.H. "A Russian Church Slavonic Kanonnik (1331-1332)" Slavistic Printings and Reprintings. C.H. Van Schoonevel, editor. Mouton, Paris. 1968.

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