Russkaya Pravda

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Russkaya Pravda was the principal medieval law code of Kyivan Rus, outlining its legal norms, social structure, and judicial practices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
legal code
medieval law code
alsoKnownAs Rus' Justice
Russian Truth
appliesToTerritory Kyivan Rus
characteristic absence of death penalty in most provisions
emphasis on monetary compensation over corporal punishment
use of wergild-like fines
countryOfOrigin Kyivan Rus
dateOfOrigin 11th century
definesSocialClass boyars
debt bondsmen
druzhina
free commoners
knyaz (prince)
slaves
smerds
developedUnderRuler Yaroslav the Wise
Vyacheslav Yaroslavich
surface form: Yaroslavich princes
earliestCompilationAttributedTo Yaroslav the Wise
genre law code
hasPart Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abridged Russkaya Pravda

Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Extensive Russkaya Pravda

Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
surface form: Short Russkaya Pravda
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
inception 11th century
influenced Statutes of Lithuania
surface form: Lithuanian Statutes

Novgorod Judicial Charter
Pskov Judicial Charter
Sudebnik of 1497
later East Slavic law codes
influencedBy Byzantine law
canon law
local customary practices
language Old East Slavic
legalSystem Kyivan Rus
legalTradition Slavic customary law
customary law
mainSubject civil law
criminal law
judicial practices
law
procedural law
social structure
originalLanguage Old East Slavic
preservedIn later manuscript copies
region Eastern Europe
regulates compensation for injury
contracts
court procedure
criminal offenses
inheritance
oaths and ordeals
property rights
status of social classes
trade
titleLanguage Russian

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Kyivan Rus legalCode Russkaya Pravda
Novgorod Republic legalSystem Russkaya Pravda
this entity surface form: Russkaya Pravda (adapted)
Grand Duchy of Moscow legalSystem Russkaya Pravda
this entity surface form: Russkaya Pravda (influenced)
Yaroslav the Wise notableWork Russkaya Pravda
Rus' legalCode Russkaya Pravda
Sudebnik of 1497 follows Russkaya Pravda
Pavel Pestel notableWork Russkaya Pravda
Russkaya Pravda hasPart Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Short Russkaya Pravda
Russkaya Pravda hasPart Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Extensive Russkaya Pravda
Russkaya Pravda hasPart Russkaya Pravda self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abridged Russkaya Pravda
Southern Society documentAuthored Russkaya Pravda
Southern Society programBasedOn Russkaya Pravda
Moscow principality legalSystem Russkaya Pravda
this entity surface form: Russkaya Pravda (influential source)
Principality of Putyvl legalSystem Russkaya Pravda
this entity surface form: Rus' law (Russkaya Pravda)
Principality of Chernigov legalSystem Russkaya Pravda