2020, vol. 8, no. 4. Polekhov S.V., Naumov N.N.

2020, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 784-807

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2020-8-4.784-807

   THE TATAR TOPIC IN THE CORRESPONDENCE
OF OFFICIALS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER, 1431–1432

S.V. Polekhov 1, N.N. Naumov 2
1 School of Contemporary Humanities Studies, Institute of Social Sciences
of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public
Administration under the President of the Russian Federation
Moscow, Russian Federation
sergey.polekhov@gmail.com

2 Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moscow, Russian Federation
nn-naumov@mail.ru

Abstract: Research objectives: This article offers annotated editions of nine letters from the archive of the grand masters of the Teutonic Order written between the spring of 1431 and the summer of 1432 concerning the Tatars.
Research materials: The originals and copies of the letters preserved in the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin – the historical Königsberg archive (XX. Hauptabteilung), subsidiary materials, published and unpublished, from the same archive, as well as materials from the archives of Cracow and Warsaw.
Results and novelty of the research: It is established that at least nine letters written between the spring of 1431 and the summer of 1432 concerning the Horde’s relations with its neighbors (the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Kingdom of Poland, Moldavia, and Walachia) and its ongoing internal power struggle are preserved in the historical Königsberg archive, presently named the Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz, in Berlin. Only three of them have been hitherto published in full and in keeping with modern scholarly standards. The remaining six letters are published here along with the descriptions of their originals and copies besides detailed annotations.

Keywords: Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Teutonic Order, Kingdom of Poland, Švitrigaila, Władysław Jagiełło, Ulugh Muhammad, correspondence, Königsberg archive

For citation: Polekhov S.V., Naumov N.N. The Tatar Topic in the Correspondence of Officials of the Teutonic Order, 1431–1432. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2020, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 784–807. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2020-8-4.784-807

Thanks: The publication was prepared with the support of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research, project 18-09-00057a. We would like to express our gratitude to professor Adam Szweda (Toruń) for his help in the preparation of the Latin texts and to professor Janusz Grabowski (Warsaw) for the consultation on the genealogy of the Mazovian Piasts.

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About the authors: Sergey V. Polekhov – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow, School of Contemporary Humanities Studies, Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the Pre­sident of the Russian Federation (82, Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow 119606, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0001-7866-7663. E-mail: sergey.polekhov@gmail.com

Nikolay N. Naumov – PhD (History), Research Fellow, Faculty of History, Lomonosov Moscow State University (1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russian Fe­deration); ORCID: 0000-0001-6587-1681. E-mail: nn-naumov@mail.ru

Received  September 21, 2020   Accepted for publication  November 24, 2020
Published Online December 29, 2020