Author Description

Did Slavs any letter to Cyril and Methodius, and what it was before - the Glagolitic or Cyrillic? Author proposed monograph Osip Bodyansky (1808-1877) - one of the first Slavic Russia, philologist and historian, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. This book focuses on the establishment of Slavic Literature "unforgettable educators Slavic tribe," as the author calls Cyril and Methodius. In his book OM Bodyansky provides an overview of sources describing the facts of life of educators, related to the creation of the Slavic writing. In the time of Cyril and Methodius, the differences between Slavic languages was low, so the Old Slavonic language can claim the role of the Slavic language. To record the Old Church Slavonic used Glagolitic and Cyrillic. In the XIX century in the scientific community went serious dispute over the historical primacy between early cyrillic alphabet. The book provides interesting details Bodyansky this discussion. Bodyansky leaning towards the primacy of the Cyrillic version, but the examination of the history of the issue he finds possible to reconcile the two extremes of disagreement, and talk about the preparation and the invention of the Slavic writing. The book concludes with detailed notes.