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Russian and Slavic Literature

Literature of Russia and the Slavic-language world, including the Polish, Czech and Eastern European Yiddish tradition grouped here for its shared historical and linguistic milieu. Belongs here: the great Russian novelists and poets from the Golden Age through the Soviet period, the Polish national epic and modern poetry, and Yiddish narrative fiction of the Russian Empire. Does not belong here: a Western or Central European author, placed by their own national tradition instead.

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1. Russian Literature (Wikipedia)
WikipediaRussian literature, Old Russia dating sentence
Quote, Russian literature, Old Russia dating sentence
The term is generally used to refer to all forms of literary activity in what is often called Old Russia from the 11th to 17th centuries.
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