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[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.

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[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.
[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.
[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.
[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.
[EURASIANS] VERNADSKIY, G.V. (1888–1973) Zven’ya russkoy kul’tury. Drevnyaya Rus’ ['Elements of Russian Culture. Ancient Rus’]. Part 1, issue 1: (Up to the mid-15th century). Berlin: Izd. Evraziytsev, 1938.
228, [3] pp.; 18.5 × 12.8 cm. Ownership binding, with a fragment of the publisher’s front wrapper mounted on the upper cover. Good condition. Minor soiling to the title page. One of the author’s most important works, a concise yet comprehensive overview of life in Ancient Rus’. The book is based on the idea that, although pre-Mongol Rus’ maintained close contacts with both East and West, Eastern influences proved deeper and ultimately more beneficial in shaping Russian culture and national consciousness. Georgiy Vernadskiy (1888–1973) was a prominent Russian-American historian, professor at Yale University, son of the great thinker Vladimir Vernadskiy and a student of Vasiliy Klyuchevskiy.