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[ Correspondence of Ivan the Terrible with Andrei Kurbskii]
Ed. by Ia. Lurie and Iu. Rykov
Moscow: Nauka, 1993 431 p. [12 ill] Serie: Literaturnye Pamiatniki Hardcover ISBN: 5020111651 Language: Russian
A. Kurbskii (1528?-1583), Russian general, writer, and statesman, commander under Ivan the Terrible and his governor in Iuriev/Tartu, fled to Poland in 1564. From his self-imposed exile, he wrote several messages to his former sovereign, blaming him for the misfortunes of Russia. These letters, criticizing the Tsar, as well as Ivan`s responses, are of special historical interest. Reprinted from the 1981 edition. Annexes: critical articles by D. Likhachev, Ia. Lyr`e and others, line-by-line commentary, name index
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