Pedigreed Legends as a Way of Integration of the Political Elite in the XVI Century

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The article analyzes the role of pedigreed legends in the formation of political and managerial elites in Russia of the XVI century. The need to recruit, circulate and consolidate the elites at that time led to the formation of the institution of pedigree legends, which allowed the nobility to lengthen and elevate their origin. The article analyzes the pedigree of the legend about the origin of the Ratsha from which many noble families had their origin. The authors conclude that the supreme power actively used pedigreed legends in its symbolic policy.

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Vladimir G. Ivanov

Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University); State University of Management

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Email: ivanov_vg@pfur.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3650-5460

Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Management, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University); Full Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Management, State University of Management

6, Miklukho-Maklaya str., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198; 99, Ryazansky Prospect, Moscow, Russian Federation, 109542

Andrey V. Topychkanov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: topychkanov@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5372-4414

PhD in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of History and Theory of Politics

27b, Lomonosovsky prospect, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119192

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