Byzantium and the rise of Russia : a study of Byzantino-Russian relations in the fourteenth century - Meyendorff, John (Crestwood, NY : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1989)
Byzantine civilization in Russia -- The catastrophes of the thirteenth century -- The Mongols, their Western neighbours and their Russian subjects -- The Metropolitanate of Kiev and all Russia -- Victory of the Hesychasts in Byzantium : ideological and political consequences -- Cultural ties : Byzantium, the Southern Slavs and Russia -- Byzantium and Moscow -- Patriarch Philotheos and Russia (1364-76) -- Metropolitan Cyprian and Moscow's separatism (1376-81) -- Lithuania turns westwards -- Conclusion : dreams and reality.
Keywords: Diplomatic relations.Russia Foreign relations Byzantine Empire.Byzantine Empire Foreign relations Russia