Скачать или смотреть Hard to believe - Russian had no alphabet until the 9th century, & what happened next was pure magic

00:00 Between Two Thrones, Waiting for a Voice
00:46 Cyril’s Hand 🫴 and the Rise of the Russian Muse (862 AD)
01:31 Between Byzantium and the North - Thessaloniki Ignites the Russian Dawn
02:07 The Glagolitic Alphabet
02:41 My New Hairstyles (Novgorod - Kyiv - Galicia)
03:36 "Belarus" One of the most exquisite and romantic tales in language: бела (bela) = pure - white - free - north (not originally from bella, though it actually is)!
06:00 The Cyrillic Alphabet (in honor of Cyril)
06:41 The Civil Script by Petrus Alexewitz (Peter the Great - 18th century)
07:12 The Architects of Russian Consciousness - 19th-Century Literary Golden Age (Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky)
08:14 A Floral Thank-You from Russian, to Those Who Kept her Alive

The Russian language’s story is astonishing through every stage of its journey.
It has preserved its sounds and expressions for centuries - just as ice preserves purity.
In our past episodes, we’ve often spoken about languages bound to ancient, pre-Christian eras.
Yet Russian - this powerful, thriving language of today - had no writing system until the 9th century AD.
Much respect and admiration for its endurance through all that time, waiting until writing itself matured;
for if anything, it shows that its spirit is strong, and ever-living.

In the 9th century, Cyril and his brother Methodius created the Glagolitic alphabet.
After their passing, their Bulgarian disciples refined and simplified it - and in honor of Cyril, named it the Cyrillic alphabet.

By the 18th century, Peter the Great gave the Cyrillic script its final modern form, adapting it to the age of printing and modernization.

Then, in the 19th century, Tolstoy and other great writers shaped the Golden Age of Russian literature - their words and ideas became part of how Russians think and speak to this day.

Over time, the Russian language branched into three main dialects, and we’ve enjoyed exploring some fascinating examples of their differences.