P.P. Pavlichenko WORKING COMPANIES (1917-1920): ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS OF THE ARCHIVE OF THE HISTORICAL SERVICE OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF FRANCE

The article examines the history of Russian working companies in France (1917–1920). The source of the research is the documentation of the French General Staff stored in the Defence Historical Service of France Archives. These documents were opened to researchers…

L.P. Groth THE CHONICLE EXPRESSION «ПОЯША ПО СОБѢ ВСЮ РУСЬ» AND ITS SENSE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOLK TALE OF THE MISSION OF VARANGIAN BROTHERS

The article demonstrates that the universally accepted variants of the chronicle expressions «пояша по собѣ всю русь»  and  «и взяли с собой всю русь..» are not correct. Its author overlooked the fact that the preposition «по» has various meanings and…