Με αφορμή το βιβλίο: Χίλια χρόνια Ελληνισμού-Ρωσίας, Αθήνα 1994, σσ. 337, εικονογραφημένο (Εκδ. Διεθνές Εμπορικό Επιμελητήριο, Εθνική Ελληνική Επιτροπή-Εκδόσεις «Γνώση»)

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Μιχαήλ Π. Πυροβέτσης

Abstract

This article presents the papers delivered by scholars both Greek and
foreign (the latter chiefly Russians) at a symposium organised in November
1988 to mark the millenary of the conversion of the Russians to Christianity.
All the papers have been gathered together in a single volume titled Χίλια
Χρόνια Ελληνισμού - Ρωσίας.
This article begins with a foreword, in which the writer presents his own
views on the subject. He then discusses the papers.
The paper delivered by Manolis Hadzidakis (Acad.) concerns the links
between Russian and Greek art, particularly religious painting, which shows a
strong Greek influence. The subject of N. Ekonomidis’ paper is the activity of
Russian merchants in the Byzantine Empire and the participation of Russian soldiers in the defence of Constantinople. A. N. Sakharov discussed the
international dimension of the Russians’ conversion to Christianity, chiefly
with regard to the role of the Orthodox Church. I. S. Cicurov’s subject is the
Byzantine Empire’s economic relations with Russia from the ninth to the
twelfth century, with particular reference to the commercial relations between
the two states. Archimandrite Vassilios of Stavronikita Monastery (now Hegumen
of Iviron Monastery) on Mount Athos discussed the fraternal bonds and
the ecumenical mission of the Greeks and the Russians through the Orthodox
Church. Tilemachos Loungis talked about “The Russians’ Place in Byzantine
Political Ideology in the Tenth Century: The Way to Christianity”, with particular
reference to Constantine Porphyrogenitus’ De administrando imperio.
A. Rogov discussed Russian and Greek cultural relations from the second half
of the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. The title of P. M. Kitromilidis’s
paper is “From the Orthodox Commonwealth to the National Communities
and the Content of Greek-Russian Spiritual Relations during the Period of
Ottoman Domination”. He discusses the universality of the Christian Byzantine
Empire while it existed and the universality of the Orthodox Church after
Byzantium fell. G. Arsh talked about “Greek Intellectuals, Merchants, and
Benefactors of National Education in Russia (18th-19th cc.)”. Eleni Koukou
discussed the diplomatic activity of John Capodistrias as Russian Foreign
Minister, on the basis of his own published and unpublished documents. On
the basis of personal information and data gleaned from archives in the
former Soviet Union, K. K. Papoulidis describes the general social and cultural
organisation of the Greeks of Russia, and also discusses the individuals
who distinguished themselves in these sectors and in the state machinery of
Russia (the diplomatic corps, the army, higher education, etc.). A. Ulunian
talked about “Snapshots of the Economic, Social, and Cultural Life of the
Greeks of the USSR in the 1920s and ’30s”. S. Ilinskaja discussed Greek and
Russian literary links in the twentieth century; and Ο. V. Sokolovskaja,
finally, talked about the background to the Greek-Soviet commercial and
shipping agreement of 1929.

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