2019, vol. 7, no. 4. Polekhov S.V., Zaytsev I.V.

2019, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 720-732

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-4.720-732

   TWO LETTERS OF MENGLI-GIRAY I
TO JERZY MIKOŁAJEWICZ RADZIWIŁŁ,
THE VOIVODE OF KIEV (1512–1513)

S.V. Polekhov 1, I.V. Zaytsev 2, 3
1 Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russian Federation
sergey.polekhov@gmail.com
2 Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russian Federation
ilyaaugust@yandex.ru 

Abstract: Research objectives: This article offers an edition and a source study of the letters of the Crimean Khan Mengli Giray I to Jerzy Mikołajewicz Radziwiłł (Jurgis Radvila), the voivode of Kiev, written in 1512–1513.
Research materials: The originals of the letters preserved in the Princes Czartoryski Library in Cracow and the collection of Ignacy Onacewicz at the Institute of Russian Lite­rature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House) in St. Petersburg, subsidiary materials, edited and unedited, from the archival and library collections of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Warsaw.
Results and novelty of the research: It is established that two original letters of the Crimean Khan Mengli Giray I to Jerzy Mikołajewicz Radziwiłł (Jurgis Radvila), the voivode of Kiev (1511–1514), are preserved in the Czartoryski Library in Cracow (Ms. 2893) and Ignacy Onacewicz’s collection in the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the Pushkin House) in St. Petersburg. It is demonstrated that they were written on March 14th, 1512, and September 21st, 1513, and their contents are connected with the international relations of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Both of them were kept in the Radziwiłł family archive until the nineteenth century. The texts of both letters are published for the first time, accompanied with detailed descriptions of the originals, a contextualization of them as sources, and provided with commentary.

Keywords: Mengli Giray I, Radziwiłł family, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, correspon­dence

For citation: Polekhov S.V., Zaytsev I.V. Two Letters of Mengli-Giray I to Jerzy Mikołajewicz Radziwiłł, the Voivode of Kiev (1512–1513). Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2019, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 720–732. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-4.720-732

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to express their gratitude to all the colleagues who contributed to this publication, especially to Vyacheslav S. Kuleshov (Stochkholm) for providing a preliminary transcription of the inscription on Mengli Giray’s seal, to Grigory M. Vorobyev (St. Petersburg) for reading and translating the Italian address of the second letter, to Lyudmila V. Moshkova (Moscow) for pointing out the watermarks similar to that of the first letter, as well as to Alexander G. Bobrov (St. Petersburg), Borys V. Cherkas (Kyiv), Konstantin Yu. Erusalimskiy (Moscow), Vladyslav P. Gulevych (Kyiv), Andrej Ryčkov (Vilnius), Paweł Wierzbicki (Cracow), Jarosław Zawadzki (Warsaw) and Sergey G. Žemaitis (St. Petersburg) for providing information on the letters that are published below and the details of their contents.

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About the authors: Sergey V. Polekhov – Cand. Sci. (History), Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (19, Dmitriy Ulyanov Str., Moscow 117036, Russian Federation); ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7866-7663. E-mail: sergey.polekhov@gmail.com

Il’ya V. Zaytsev – Dr. Sci. (History), Head of the Center for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at the Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences (51/21, Nakhimovsky prospect, Moscow 117418, Russian Federation); Senior Researcher Fellow of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (19, Dmitriy Ulyanov Str., Moscow 117036, Russian Federation). E-mail: ilyaaugust@yandex.ru

Received  September 17, 2019   Accepted for publication  November 26, 2019
Published Online  December 29, 2019