Vladimir Pashuto on the History of Medieval Crimea
Journal: Istoriya
Year: 2019

V. Pashuto discussed issues of Crimean medieval history in the context of Russian-Byzantine and Russian-Khazarian relations. His approach is primarily represented in his book “Foreign policy of Ancient Rus’”. The author mentions the assault of the so-called Rus’ on the east coast of the Crimea, which is told about in the “Life of St Stephan of Surozh” in the context of the first contacts of Rus’ and Byzantium. By the time of the publication of his work, most scholars regarded the information of