М.В. Третьякова

«SUCH LETTER WE WILL NOT TAKE», OR ABOUT THE EM-BASSY OF THE STOLNIK P. I. POTEMKIN AND THE DIAK S. RUMYANTSEV TO FRANCE IN 1668

Authors

М.В. Третьякова

Keywords:

the stol’nik P.I. Potemkin, diak S. Rumyantsev, France, the court of Louis XIV, stateiny spisok, embassy

Abstract

The article tells about the embassy stol'nik P. Potemkin and S. Rumyantsev diak in Spain and France. The author compares the data Stateyny list stol'nik with the testimony of a French nobleman de diary Kato and finds particular diplomatic missions Russian envoys at the court of King Louis XIV in 1668 noted that while performing his diplomatic assignment messengers demonstrated the desire to follow the king's behest, showed stubbornness in certain situations, sought to increase the international prestige of the Russian Tsar

«SUCH LETTER WE WILL NOT TAKE», OR ABOUT THE EM-BASSY OF THE STOLNIK P. I. POTEMKIN AND THE DIAK S. RUMYANTSEV TO FRANCE IN 1668