books.google.ca - Orthodox Christianity came to Russia from Byzantium in 988, and in the ensuing centuries it has become such a fixture of the Russian cultural landscape that any discussion of Russian character or history inevitably must take its influence into account. Orthodox Russia is a timely volume that brings together...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Orthodox_Russia.html?id=pQ60Ev_t8Z4C&q=institutions&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareOrthodox Russia
