Talk:Expansion of Russia (1500–1800)

This article needs way more sources, less original research, and formatting that fits Wikipedia. In its current state this is a very difficult article to read, what with sentences like "Novgorod (300n,300west) was taken in 1470-1480 and Pskov (250n,500w) in 1510." What? 96.61.40.110 (talk) 02:47, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Sources

It seems to me that the eastward expansion of Europe is one of the most neglected areas of European history. Most histories of Russia describe the growth of the Russian state but neglect the population growth and colonization that made it possible. Davies appears to be the best source, but he is mainly a military historian and has little on demography. Polish histories are even worse. If anyone knows of a better source, please leave me a note. Benjamin Trovato (talk) 01:51, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

There is a bit (not too much, but overview) in the Britannica article, https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/The-economic-background

Here on Wikipedia, someone did good work on the Renaissance art and architecture of Central and Eastern Europe of this period: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_architecture_in_Central_and_Eastern_Europe

Renaissance and Humanism from the Central-East European Point of View

Methodological Approaches, Edited by Grażyna Urban-Godziek, Jagiellonian University Press 2015, ISBN: 9788323337416 - the main editor (Urban-Godziek) also has a book on poetry of this period in Poland and Europe.

Also, https://guides.loc.gov/renaissance-era-resources allows you to ask the Librarians questions, so you could possibly ask for an annotated bibliography or reliable large survey book for the European push eastwards, and Russian push west and south, for this period. 2603:7000:6402:9BAC:8913:E569:E82D:8ED1 (talk) 12:02, 31 May 2023 (UTC)