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This dissertation explores how early modern Russian identity was shaped by the built environment and, likewise, how the built environment was a result of an emerging Russian identity. I focus on the years 1472 to 1539 because they were crucial to the formation of this early mode…

This dissertation examines the relationship between Muscovite Russia and Denmark-Norway in the first half of the seventeenth century through the lens of three dynastic marriage projects. The first project in 1601-2 consisted of a match between Ksenia Godunova, the daughter of Ts…