Manuscript of Kotoshikhin's book

Grigory Karpovich Kotoshikhin (Григорий Карпович Котошихин in Russian) (c. 1630 - November of 1667, Stockholm) was a Russian diplomat, podyachy of the Posolsky Prikaz, and writer. The designation C: (sometimes C: ) is the drive letter that refers to the main partition (or portion of an hard drive) on an MS-DOS or Windows personal computer. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Old town in Stockholm from the air Stockholm â–¶(?) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Podyachy or podyachiy (Russian: ; from Greek hypodiakonos, assistant servant) is an office (bureaucratic) occupation in prikazes (local and upper governmental offices) and lesser local offices of Russia in 15th-18th centuries. ... Prikaz (Russian: ) was an administrative (palace, civil, military, or church) or judicial office in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

In 1658-1661, Grigory Kotoshikhin was one of those sent on a diplomatic mission to negotiate the Treaty of Valiesari and Treaty of Kardis with Sweden. In the spring of 1664, he was dispatched to see Prince Yakov Cherkassky and take charge of his army's clerical work. In August, however, Grigory Kotoshikhin defected to the Lithuanians and moved to Silesia. After that, he went to Stockholm via Narva and was admitted to the Swedish service. In the fall of 1667, Kotoshikhin was executed for killing the owner of the house where he had been living. Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal on the building of German Embassies. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... A defector is generally a person who gives up allegiance to a certain country in exchange for allegiance to another. ... Silesia (-Latin, Polish Śląsk, German Schlesien, Czech Slezsko) is a historical region in central Europe. ... The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right). ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ...

Grigory Kotoshikhin authored a work called On Russia during the Reign of Alexey Mikhailovich (first published in 1840), which represents a valuable sourse of history of the Russian tsarist regime in the mid-17th century. Kotoshikhin's historical account is quite detailed and correct, and most of the information in his book is confirmed by other sources of the 17th century. One has to consider the fact, however, that Kotoshikhin wrote his work at the request of the Swedish government and that some of his opinions on Russian 17-century realities are biased. Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov (In Russian Алексей Михаилович Романов) (March 9, 1629 (O.S.) - January 29, 1676 (O.S.)) was a Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid-17th century. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь, listen ▶(?); often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the Bulgarian Empire in 913-1396/1422 and 1908-1946, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with bias (disambiguation). ...

External links

• Grigori Kotoshikhin on the Education of the Princes and on on the Private Life of the Boyars - in English
• On Russia during the reign of Alexey Mikhailovich - full online text in Russian