Moscow and the West

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Contents Introduction Preface Author's Introduction The Sixteenth Century and the Time of Troubles I The Tale of the Knight Poppel. Foreigners in Moscow Before the Time of Ivan the Terrible II The Russian Question in Europe in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century. Schlitte and the System of Blockading Russia ’s Borders IV The Livonian War and the War Prisoners. The “Sailing to Narva” V Ivan the Terrible and Foreigners VI Contact Between the Russian People and Foreigners. The Foreign Settlement in Moscow IX Foreigners in Moscow at the Time of the First Pretender. The Massacre of Poles in May, 1606 X Foreign Intervention During the Years of the Time of Troubles The First Half of the Seventeenth Century I The Early Years of the New Dynasty and the Question of Borrowing II The Revival of Peaceful Contacts with Foreigners During the Reign of Michael Feodorovich. Dutch and English Agents in Moscow III The Influx of Foreign Traders and Military Men into the Muscovite State and Moscow. Regular Foreign Regiments IV Orthodox Newcomers From the East and the Ukraine V The Attitude of Russian Society Toward Cultural Borrowing. The First “InnovatorsThe Opportunists (I. T. Gramotin) and Those Who Sought Truth (Prince I. A. Khvorostinin) VI Those Who Defended and Observed the Faith and Ancient Customs (Ivan Shevelev - Nasedka) VIII The A rchimandrite Dionisius and His Importance in the Society of His Day VIII Dionisius’ Students (Ivan Neronov, Simon Azarin) X Those Who Defended the Market: Russian Traders and Their Allies From Other Classes of Society The Second Half of the Seventeenth Century / The Domestic Crisis in the Muscovite Staie in the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. General Significance Ill The Situation of Foreigners in Russia in the Second Half of the Century. Russified Commercial Families and Foreign Officers and Doctors IV Ukrainians and Greeks and Their “Teachings. ” Scholasticism and Polish Influence Notes to the Introduction Notes to the Text THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY AND TIME OF TROUBLES FIRST HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SECOND HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Index