Cyril

I checked out a Russian cultural atlas from the library and I'm learning how the Russian Orthodox Church got established.  Way back in 800 or so, two missionaries from the Byzantine empire (modern day Turkey) were called to come to that Slavic part of the world in order to translate scriptures and work on perfecting an alphabet. One missionary was Cyril, which is how the cyrillic alphabet was derived. At the time, the ruler of the Slavic people (pre-Russia) believed that the Byzantines were highly educated and cultured and they had a belief system that would keep the barbaric tribes from warring. - 2009 email

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Monument to Cyril and Methodius in Moscow