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The role of the East Orthodox religion was played in early Russian culture. Churches had lots of icons and incenses that filled the rooms. The civilians of Russia, including the Prince, converted to Christianity. After the conversion, more priests were literate, they had a Russian Orthodox church, and the state expanded and became known as the largest state in Europe. The Russian literature also developed and described a mixture of religious and royal events and showered praises on the saints and the p
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For the two centuries in which Russia was under Tatar control Russian Christianity continued. Byzantine patterns were never recaptured and the Kievan social structure disappeared.
The five reasons to Kievan Russia's decline was: rival princes set up regional governments and the royal family often squabbled over succession to the throne, invader from Asia whittled at Russian territory, the trade and wealth of the country reduced, no greater prosperity and sophisticated manufacturing of its southern neighbor, and lastly the Mongols easily captured the Russian Cities.
The main characteristics of Russian civilization as it first emerged in the post-classical period were that territorial issues caused confusion. Poland, Hungary, and the Czech lands formed large regional kingdoms that were very loosely organized. Western Europe also maintained a clearer vigor in politics, economy, and culture. Poland, Hungary, and Czech lands differ from how much the Mongols controlled their land.
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