Slavic Studies

College Major

The Slavic Studies Major is designed to introduce students to various cultures of Eastern and Central Europe and the Balkans, which includes not only Russia but countries such as Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Ukraine.

In this era of continuing transformations in the Slavic world, knowledge of these countries is an advantage to those students interested in journalism, politics, business, government service, languages, literature and the arts.

Courses related to the Slavic world are offered in various departments such as Modern Languages, History, English, French and Humanities.

Rublev, Andre (1360s-1430c.) - 1410s The Old Testament Trinity (Tretyakov Gallery) Andrei Rublev is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes. In Rublev's art, two traditions are combined: the highest asceticism and the classic harmony of Byzantine mannerism. The characters of his paintings are always peaceful and calm. After some time his art came to be perceived as the ideal of Church painting and of Orthodox iconography. He died at Andronikov Monastery in 1430.