An Outline of the History of the Lithuanian-Russian State to the Union of Lublin Through

This fundamental work, summarizing the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania before his entry into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was based on lecture courses taught Liubavskii MV Moscow University. It included all the previous study, the researchers, including materials of both theses. The medieval history of Western Russia and Lithuania at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was still uncharted theme, labor historian largely eliminated this gap. History of the Lithuanian-Russian state is of great importance for the understanding of ancient Russian history. At some point, it had a dominant position in Eastern Europe and claimed to be the unifier of the East Slavic lands. The book covers the history of the Lithuanian-Russian state with the XII century. for the first half of the XVI century, studied the social life of the Lithuanians, the spread of the principality on the borders of the new land, the state system, the system of local government, foreign-political relations. Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a multinational state, which is home to Lithuanians, and the eastern Slavs and Jews. Western Russia gradually became one of the most important centers of Eastern European Jewry. The author studies the system of feudal relations, the formation of the gentry, the rise of class privileges, position inoetnichnyh communities, including the Jewish, the role of the princes in their attraction to the city. The publication carried and publication of important legislation - obschezemskih and regional charters, "the privilege of" statutes and so on. E., There is little available in other publications. The first edition enjoyed great popularity and was quickly sold out.