First page of the oldest surviving copy of the Russkaya Pravda (Extensive Edition),[1] from the Synodic Kormchaia of 1282 (Novgorod)
Created
Early 11th century
Author(s)
Prince's administration
Purpose
Guidance for the princely court
The Russkaya Pravda (sometimes translated as Rus' Justice, Rus' Truth,[2] or Russian Justice)[3][4][a] was the legal code of Kievan Rus' and its principalities during the period of feudal fragmentation. It was written at the beginning of the 12th century and remade during many centuries. The basis of the Russkaya Pravda, the Pravda of Yaroslav, was written at the beginning of the 11th century. The Russkaya Pravda was a main source of the law of Kievan Rus'.[9][10]
In spite of great influence of Byzantine legislation on the contemporary world, and in spite of great cultural and commercial ties between Byzantium and Kievan Rus', the Russkaya Pravda bore no similarity whatsoever to the law of the Byzantine Empire. The absence of capital and corporal punishment rather reflects Norse jurisprudence.[11][12]
^"Yaroslav I". The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (15th ed.). 2003. p. 823. ISBN9780852299616. Under Yaroslav the codification of legal customs and princely enactments was begun, and this work served as the basis for a law code called the Russkaya Pravda ("Russian Justice").
^А. М. Камчатнов. Хрестоматия по истории русского литературного языка (Памятники X - XIV веков по рукописям X - XVII веков). Москва, 2009 год.
Русская правда древнейшей Пространной редакции по списку из пергаменной рукописи 1280 года [XIII век] Новгородской, или Климентовской, Кормчей, хранящемуся в ГИМ (Син. № 132).
Формат – in folio, почерк – устав, текст – в два столбца.
Описание: Св. к.-1, № 183.
Издания: Карский Е. Ф. Русская правда. Фототипич. изд. Л., 1930; Правда Русская. I. Тексты. Под. ред. Б. Д. Грекова. М.; Л., 1940.
Фрагменты текста приведены по рукописи, варианты – по изданиям.
^Yushkov, Serafim. Course of the History of State and Law of the USSR. - Moscow: Yurizdat (Juridical Publisher), 1949. - Vol. 1: Social and Political System and Law of Kievan State. - 542 p. (Russian: Юшков С.В. Курс истории государства и права СССР. – М.: Юриздат, 1949. – Т. I: Общественно-политический строй и право Киевского государства. – 542 с..
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