Debunking the Most Common Myths About the Byzantine Empire by Pavel Kuzenkov for Russia-Insider Myths and misconceptions about the Byzantine Empire (of which Russia is believed by many to be the spiritual and political successor) abound. According to these prejudiced views, it was a backward and underdeveloped state, an Eastern despotism with a dead, ossified culture. On May 29, 2018 (the commemoration of the fall of Constantinople according to the old calendar), Pravoslavie.ru published a talk about these myths related to the Byzantine Empire with Pavel Kuzenkov, Ph.D in History, teacher of…
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