There are a number of historical documents and sources available on-line in English from here. Choose from:

• The origin of the word 'Rus'
• The founding of the city of Kiev
• The arrival of the Vikings in Rus'
• More information on the Variagi
• Oleg's campaign against Constantinople
• The Christianisation of Russia
• The Martyrdom of Boris and Gleb
• Ilarion's 'Sermon on Law and Grace'
• Rus'kaia pravda (short version)
• The Pouchenie of Vladimir Monomakh
• The Lay of Igor's Raid
• A short history of the Moscow Kremlin
• The Life (zhitie) of Sergei of Radonezh
• Moscow the Third Rome
• The Correspondence between Ivan IV and Prince Andrei Kurbskii (excerpts)
• The Domostroi (excerpts)
• The Ulozhenie (Law Code) of 1649 (excerpts)