I︠A︡zychestvo drevneĭ Rusi
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The book is a continuation of B.Rybakov's monograph "Paganism of Ancient Slavs". It is devoted to the role of ancient pagan religion in Kievan Rus' before the adoption of Christianity, and in the first years after the adoption, when paganism and Christianity existed as a complicated symbiosis. The author emphasizes the significance of pagan customs and rites shortly before the christening of Russia; manifestations of paganism in social life, applied arts, church ceremonies, etc.