If so, then how low has religious consciousness fallen in comparison with the 13th century, when Serapion urged people to turn from “soulless nature” to “the obedience of a god-created man.”
At the meeting of the Society on September 11, the following messages were proposed to members: 1) Dr. member. F. A. Ternovsky, based on documents in 1873-77
archive of St. Synod, about two Siberian metropolitans, Filofey Leshchinsky and Pavel Konyuskevich (see in the articles section).
2) Note from Dr. Member. I.P. Khrushchov about a remarkable archaeological find made by chance in the Belogorodka borough (Kyiv district on the Irpen River, 20 versts from Kyiv), published in the readings department.
3) D. member. A. A. Kotlyarevsky made a brief outline of the scholarly and literary activity of the recently deceased former professor of Slavic studies at Moscow University, Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky. O. M. Bodyansky family. in 1808, in the city of Varva, he was educated at the Pereyaslavl Theological Seminary. Under whose influence the love for science and literature grew and strengthened in him - I don’t know; but, according to the testimony of one of his school friends, even then he was distinguished by a special love for literary exercises, and played the role of Napoleon in “comedy acts.” “Little Russian Songs” by Maksimovich (M. 1827), and especially the animated “introduction” to them, aroused in him a noble desire to study the language, history and poetry of his homeland. He could hardly satisfy this desire “at home.” He was attracted by the glorious Moscow University, and since 1831 we see him there as a cheerful, active, witty participant in scientific studies at the university and literary outside it. K. S. Aksakov in his “Literary Memoirs” (in Day) speaks of him as a good comrade and member of Stankevich’s circle. The literary department of Moscow University was then dominated by the historical school of Kachenovsky, who, possessing an extensive, multifaceted education and scholarship, knew how to attract young minds to serious work. Under the leadership of Kachenovsky, Bodyansky completed his education and began scientific and literary activity. In 1835, he wrote a candidate’s dissertation “On opinions regarding the origin of Rus'” (later published in issues 37, 38 and 39 of “Son of the Fatherland” in 1835). In it, he gave full expression to Kachenovsky’s teaching about the beginning of Russian history: Rus' and the Varangians are not Normans and not Scandinavians, and the Baltic Slavs; Varangians - Slavs from the Baltic coast who colonized Novgorod; Rus' is a Turkish tribe that mixed with the Slavs and gave its name to the South Russian and Russian people; topography confirms the reliability of this conclusion. This essay is one chapter from the history of the Russian historical na-
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