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Ed. by M.R. Ryzhenkov. Transl. from English, introd. and comm. by D.G. Fedosov Warning: Undefined array key "" in /home3/russianp/public_html/books/fullBookDetails.php on line 85
Москва: Nauka, 2003-2014 278 [8 ill.] + 315 [8 ill.] + 235 [8 ill.] + 339 [ Hardcover. 13.5 x 21 cm ISBN: 5020103179 (T. 1) Язык: Русский
This is the first complete academic publication of the diary of General Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), a Scot who was in Russian service in 1663-1679 and advised Peter the First in all his military projects and innovations. During his stay in Russia Gordon witnessed and reflected in his diary many historical events: the Northern war (1655-1660), the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667, the Copper rebellion in Moscow, the struggle for power in Ukraine, diplomatic contact between Russia and Great Britain, two Chigirin marches of the Russian and Ukrainian armies against the Ottoman Empire, etc. The diary is supplemented with Gordon`s letters and documents about him from Russian and British archives, some of them published for the first time. Indices.
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