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V knige rassmatrivayutsya svedeniya o pervykh russkikh khristianakh, kotorye trudno sootnesti s realiyami Vostochnoy Evropy i kotorye khorosho vpisyvayutsya v kontseptsiyu o prozhivanii v basseyne Verkhney Tisy do prikhoda vengrov v Srednee Podunav´e samoy zapadnoy etnicheskoy gruppy vostochnogo slavyanstva predkov sovremennykh podkarpatskikh rusinov. Eti khristiane, sozdavshie svoy "russkiy obryad", o kotorom bylo izvestno v Rime, prinyali kreshchenie ot sv. Mefodiya i/ili ego uchenikov i sokhranyali ego, pol´zuyas´ okrainnym polozheniem svoey zemli i tesnymi svyazyami s Rus´yu, nakhodivsheysya po druguyu storonu Karpat. Kniga prednaznachena dlya interesuyushchikhsya istoriey rannego evropeyskogo Srednevekov´ya.

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Mikhail Yurasov rodilsya v g. Zagorske (nyne Sergiev Posad) Moskovskoy oblasti 2 maya 1959 g. Kandidat istoricheskikh nauk, starshiy nauchnyy sotrudnik Instituta rossiyskoy istorii RAN, professor Rossiyskoy akademii zhivopisi, vayaniya i zodchestva Il´i Glazunova. Spetsialist po istorii russko-vengerskikh otnosheniy IX - XIII vv. i ranney istorii rusinov.

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