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Slovo Family
Slovo may refer to: *''Slovo o plŭku Igorevě'', East Slavic name for ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' * Joe Slovo, South African politician * Joe Slovo (Cape Town), a settlement * ''Slovo'' (album), by Arkona * Slovo (band) a British electronic band * Slovo (US journal) – published biannually by The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids (Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...) * ''Slovo'' (UK journal), an academic journal of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). * ''Slovo'' (Swedish journal), an academic journal of the Department of Modern Languages at Uppsala University). {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tale Of Igor's Campaign
''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' ( orv, Слово о пълкѹ Игоревѣ, translit=Slovo o pŭlku Igorevě) is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as ''The Tale of the Campaign of Igor'', ''The Song of Igor's Campaign'', ''The Lay of Igor's Campaign'', ''The Lay of the Host of Igor'', and ''The Lay of the Warfare Waged by Igor''. The poem gives an account of a failed raid of Igor Svyatoslavich (d. 1202) against the Polovtsians of the Don River region. While some have disputed the authenticity of the poem, the current scholarly consensus is that the poem is authentic and dates to the Middle Ages (late 12th century). The ''Tale of Igor's Campaign'' was adapted by Alexander Borodin as an opera and became one of the great classics of Russian theatre. Entitled ''Prince Igor'', it was first performed in 1890. Content The story describes a failed raid made in year 1185 by ''Kniaz'' Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |