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As per history, Prince Vldamir sent his emissaries to various countries to learn about their religions because felt that Russia would become a unified nation if it has its people practicing one single religion. The prince chose the Byzantine faith of Orthodox Christianity as the faith to bring his country of turmoil into harmony.

Also, this Christianity was introduced into the East Slavic state of Kievan Rus by the Greek missionaries from Byzantium in the 9th century. When Russia layed under the Mongol rule from the 13th through the 15th century, the Russian church enjoyed a central position by obtaining the immunity from taxing heavily.

b) a state law could be declared illegal if it contradicted the constitution.

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the conflict of this case originated when james w. mcculloch, a cashier of the baltimore branch of the second bank of the united states that the congress had chartered in 1816, refused to pay a tax imposed by the maryland state.

in the case, the state of maryland appealed that the establishment of a second bank was unconstitutional since the constitution didn't say anything about granting that power to congress. however, the case determined that even if such right wasn't specifically stated in the constitution, it was part of the "implied powers" of the government enunciated in article i, section 8.

the case also eliminated maryland's legislation to impose taxes to a national bank, asserting that even though the states retained the power of taxation, the constitution's laws are supreme and can not be controlled by the states, therefore, if a state law contradicts the constitution, it should be declared illegal.

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