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Вестник СПбГУ. Востоковедение и африканистика, 2023
Persian and Russian Names of Textiles Imported to Russia from Iran in the First Half of the 17th ... more Persian and Russian Names of Textiles Imported to Russia from Iran in the First Half of the 17th Century, as Listed in the Inventories of Goods and Diplomatic Gifts.
The question of the origin and ways of borrowing into the Russian language of the names
of oriental fabrics, which were imported in large quantities into Russia in the 17th century,
has been attracting attention of scholars for a long time, but synchronous bilingual PersianRussian sources were hardly involved in the study of this issue. The article examines a number
of such sources stored in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts: these are lists of goods
and gifts brought from Safavid Iran by trade and diplomatic representatives of Shah Safi I
(1629–1642), accompanied by a Russian translation and stored in f. 77 “Relations between
Russia and Persia”. The study of these materials makes it possible to determine the range of
fabrics imported on behalf of the Shah, to clarify the meaning and scope of use of a number
of Russian and Persian terms, as well as the time of penetration of some borrowed Iranisms
into the Russian language. The terms borrowed from Persian and other foreign languages were
previously correlated by researchers with specific samples of textiles stored in museum collections. Thanks to this, having established synchronous lexical correspondences, it is possible to
more accurately determine what kind of fabrics with what technological features were designated by Persian terms, the definitions of which in the explanatory dictionaries of the Persian
language are often contradictory
The Middle East and Its Approaches: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Nikolay Dyakov, 2023
The article is devoted to the manuscript of "Bustan" by Sa'adi in the collection of manuscripts o... more The article is devoted to the manuscript of "Bustan" by Sa'adi in the collection of manuscripts of the Eastern Department of the M. Gorky Scientific Library of St. Petersburg State University, which does not have an exact date of copying and is decorated with one badly damaged miniature. Comparison with the miniatures of Nizami's "Khamsa" manuscript (1058/1648), kept in the National Library of Russia, makes it possible to attribute this copy of "Bustan" to the circle of books created in Bukhara during the reign of Khan 'Abd al-'Aziz (1645–1680) by calligraphers and artists who worked at his court kitabkhana.
Manuscripta orientalia, Dec 1, 2022
Письменные памятники Востока
The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of... more The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of the Safavid era and containing practical instructions on the preparation of official documents. These are, first of all, two well-known manuals on the structure of the state apparatus and its management, Tazkirat al-muluk and Dastur al-muluk, as well as less studied, although extremely informative textsa hand-written munshaat manual housed in the Library and Museum of Malek, and a notebook (bayaz) of records about various features of the external design of decrees and letters sent to various persons, including the rulers of India, the Ottoman Empire, the states of Central Asia, the Pope and the monarchs of European states. With the help of these sources, the main types of documents issued by the Safavid divan and the characteristic features of the external design corresponding to each type are identified. They include elements such as the unwan, the tugra and the seal. The types of docu...
Письменные памятники Востока / Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka, vol. 19, no. 3(50), 2022
Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic pro... more Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of the Safavid era and containing practical instructions on the preparation of official documents. These are, first of all, two well-known manuals on the structure of the state apparatus and its management, “Tazkirat al-muluk” and “Dastur al-muluk”, as well as less studied, although extremely informative texts — the manual-munsha'at in a manuscript kept in the Library and Museum of Malek, and a notebook (bayaz) of records about various features of the external design of decrees and letters sent to various persons, including the rulers of India, the Ottoman Empire, the states of Central Asia, the Pope and the monarchs of European states. With the help of these sources, the main types of documents issued by the Safavid divan and the characteristic features of the external design corresponding to each type are identified. They include elements such as ‘unwan, tugra and seal. The types of documents identified on the basis of these sources correspond to the monuments of Safavid diplomatics that have survived to this day. The information obtained is used for the analysis of recently identified and published original Persian documents from the RSAAA collections.
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
The paper is a publication of three diplomatic letters signed by Shah Safi I: two of them address... more The paper is a publication of three diplomatic letters signed by Shah Safi I: two of them addressed to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich and one to his father, Patriarch Filaret. The inventory annotation of all three documents (Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, fund 77 “Relations between Russia and Persia”, inv. 2) contained an erroneous dating. Comparison of each letter with the documents from the first part of the same collection (fund 77, inv. 1) has allowed the authors to correct their approximate dating and evaluate their significance in the context of the foreign policy and the goals pursued by the embassy delegations that delivered the letters. The publication of all three documents is accompanied with the documents' description and translation of their texts into English.
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2019
Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the em... more Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the emergence of a position of a ruler's commercial representative (Pers. kirakyaraq, Rus. kupchina). These representatives were sent by both Shah of Iran and Tsar of Muscovy with the goal of selling their sovereign's wares and buying the ones required by their master. The article surveys the never before studied complex of documents in Russian and Persian from the Fund 77 “Russia's Relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts (RSAAA), pertaining to the mission led in 1629—1631 by such commercial representative of Shah Safi I, Mulla Khwaja Rahmat (Rus. Hozja Rahmet). During his journey Khwaja Rahmat experienced quite a few incidents of various nature and this survey allows us to get a more or less clear understanding of the challenges that a regular Persian kupchina of the time was encountering on his way to Moscow and back. The survey is preceded by a short overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Safawid Empire, as well as historiography of Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations. A previously unpublished document in Persian from the same complex is published facsimile, transcribed and translated into English.
Учёные записки Петрозаводского государственного университета, 2019
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2018
Iranian Studies, 2015
Alexander Ludvigovich Kuhn (1840–88) was a Russian Orientalist of German-Armenian descent. The mo... more Alexander Ludvigovich Kuhn (1840–88) was a Russian Orientalist of German-Armenian descent. The most important period of his activity was his service in Central Asia where on behalf of the Turkestan Governorate-General he collected manuscripts, archives and other materials, joining the military campaigns to Kītāb of ShahriSabz, Iskanderkul, Kokand and Khiva. A large number of the manuscripts were sent back to St. Petersburg to the Imperial Public Library, but some never left Kun's possession until they were donated to the Asiatic Museum after his death. Kun was also in charge of the compilation of the famous “Turkistan Albums”—a major collection of photos testifying to the different nationalities and customs that made up the populations of Central Asia. Until now, Kun's biography has been little known to us. The article takes a look into the personal archive of Kun, and describes the man and his motivations and desires.
The Trade in Papers Marked with Non-Latin Characters / Le commerce des papiers à marques à caractères non-latins
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
The manuscript given below is uncommon for the Safawid corpus of the Russian State Archive of Anc... more The manuscript given below is uncommon for the Safawid corpus of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RSAAA). It is a list of instructions for verbal enunciation given by Safi I to his ambassador Hajji Inji who deliver the text at an audience with Mikhail Fjodorovich, held on April 13, 1635. The text brought up four particular issues that had been upholding conflictive environment in the Russian-Qizilbash relations to the moment of negotiations. The points raised were increasing Cossacks invasions, extradition of fugitives, return of the traders' property lost during shipwreck and detaining of the Shahs paper packs.
Studia Orientalia Electronica, May 6, 2014
ST PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AFGHAN STUDIES St Petersburg 2017 SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY THE FACULTY OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES 27–29 June 2017, 2017
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2019
Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the em... more Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the emergence of a position of a ruler's commercial representative (Pers. kirakyaraq, Rus. kupchina). These representatives were sent by both Shah of Iran and Tsar of Muscovy with the goal of selling their sovereign's wares and buying the ones required by their master. The article surveys the never before studied complex of documents in Russian and Persian from the Fund 77 “Russia's Relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts (RSAAA), pertaining to the mission led in 1629—1631 by such commercial representative of Shah Safi I, Mulla Khwaja Rahmat (Rus. Hozja Rahmet). During his journey Khwaja Rahmat experienced quite a few incidents of various nature and this survey allows us to get a more or less clear understanding of the challenges that a regular Persian kupchina of the time was encountering on his way to Moscow and back. The survey is preceded by a short overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Safawid Empire, as well as historiography of Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations. A previously unpublished document in Persian from the same complex is published facsimile, transcribed and translated into English.
Life in Medieval Khorasan, 2019
Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka, 2019
The article focuses on the publication of thirteen petitions in Persian, which are stored at Fond... more The article focuses on the publication of thirteen petitions in Persian, which are stored at Fond 77 “Russia’s relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts. Addressed to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, they were composed by the kupchina (merchant) Khwaja Rahmat, the envoy of the Safavid Shah Safi I, and date back to Khwaja Rahmat’s sojourn in Russia in 1630–1631. The texts of the petitions are accompanied with Russian translations; the historical-linguistic commentary that precedes the publication covers the main goals and objectives of the mission, the historical realities that the envoy encountered, and also clarifies some diplomatic, administrative and trade terms.
Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. No. 4 (181), 2019
The purpose of this article is the study of Russian loanwords in the language of the Persian merc... more The purpose of this article is the study of Russian loanwords in the language of the Persian merchants who conducted trade in Russia in the 17th century. Persian loanwords in the Russian language of that era are well-documented and thoroughly studied, whereas Russian borrowings in Persian have not been studied to the same extent, which can be partly explained by the sparsity and insufficient exploration of the archival documents pertaining to the period. The immediate objective that the authors of this research have set is the analysis of the vocabulary of the Persian petitions by the envoy of the Safavid Shah Safi I to Tsar Mikhail Fiodorovich, Khwaja Rahmat, and his record keeper ‘Abd al-Vali, written in 1630–1631 and addressed to Mikhail Fyodorovich. They are stored in the Fond 77 «Russia's Relations with Persia» of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. Such documents have never been used in the framework of the studies in the Russian-Persian linguistic contacts, which stipulates the urgency of the research. It has demonstrated that the chosen material allows widening our apprehension of the penetration of Russian lexical units into Persian, and demonstrates that the process of lexical borrowing was mutual for the both languages. The terms borrowed mainly pertain to the sphere of trade that in the 16th–17th centuries was the frontline of the Russian-Persian cultural exchange. The analysis of the loanwords is preceded by a brief overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Russian State and the Safavid Empire, as well as historiography of Russian and Persian loanword studies.
The paper is an academic study of a diplomatic document revealing relations between the Russian S... more The paper is an academic study of a diplomatic document revealing relations between the Russian State and the Safawid Persia which now belongs to the RSAAA (Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts) collection and has been overlooked by academic tradition so far. The letter by Shah Safi I to Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov has never been the focus of scholars for quite a long time; the text of the letter is published in this paper. More so, the document was inaccurately attributed in time when the archive inventory was compiled. The letter was translated to identify the year and the background of its production. The text of the message refers to a famous Russian intellectual A. S. Romanchukov who was staying with Shah Safi I and his court in 1636—1637 together with an embassy from Holstein. This fact and the text of the letter suggest that Romanchukov was a low-rank official in
Russian diplomatic mission who delivered Russian tsar's letter of courtesy to Shah Safi I.
Вестник СПбГУ. Востоковедение и африканистика, 2023
Persian and Russian Names of Textiles Imported to Russia from Iran in the First Half of the 17th ... more Persian and Russian Names of Textiles Imported to Russia from Iran in the First Half of the 17th Century, as Listed in the Inventories of Goods and Diplomatic Gifts.
The question of the origin and ways of borrowing into the Russian language of the names
of oriental fabrics, which were imported in large quantities into Russia in the 17th century,
has been attracting attention of scholars for a long time, but synchronous bilingual PersianRussian sources were hardly involved in the study of this issue. The article examines a number
of such sources stored in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts: these are lists of goods
and gifts brought from Safavid Iran by trade and diplomatic representatives of Shah Safi I
(1629–1642), accompanied by a Russian translation and stored in f. 77 “Relations between
Russia and Persia”. The study of these materials makes it possible to determine the range of
fabrics imported on behalf of the Shah, to clarify the meaning and scope of use of a number
of Russian and Persian terms, as well as the time of penetration of some borrowed Iranisms
into the Russian language. The terms borrowed from Persian and other foreign languages were
previously correlated by researchers with specific samples of textiles stored in museum collections. Thanks to this, having established synchronous lexical correspondences, it is possible to
more accurately determine what kind of fabrics with what technological features were designated by Persian terms, the definitions of which in the explanatory dictionaries of the Persian
language are often contradictory
The Middle East and Its Approaches: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Nikolay Dyakov, 2023
The article is devoted to the manuscript of "Bustan" by Sa'adi in the collection of manuscripts o... more The article is devoted to the manuscript of "Bustan" by Sa'adi in the collection of manuscripts of the Eastern Department of the M. Gorky Scientific Library of St. Petersburg State University, which does not have an exact date of copying and is decorated with one badly damaged miniature. Comparison with the miniatures of Nizami's "Khamsa" manuscript (1058/1648), kept in the National Library of Russia, makes it possible to attribute this copy of "Bustan" to the circle of books created in Bukhara during the reign of Khan 'Abd al-'Aziz (1645–1680) by calligraphers and artists who worked at his court kitabkhana.
Manuscripta orientalia, Dec 1, 2022
Письменные памятники Востока
The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of... more The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of the Safavid era and containing practical instructions on the preparation of official documents. These are, first of all, two well-known manuals on the structure of the state apparatus and its management, Tazkirat al-muluk and Dastur al-muluk, as well as less studied, although extremely informative textsa hand-written munshaat manual housed in the Library and Museum of Malek, and a notebook (bayaz) of records about various features of the external design of decrees and letters sent to various persons, including the rulers of India, the Ottoman Empire, the states of Central Asia, the Pope and the monarchs of European states. With the help of these sources, the main types of documents issued by the Safavid divan and the characteristic features of the external design corresponding to each type are identified. They include elements such as the unwan, the tugra and the seal. The types of docu...
Письменные памятники Востока / Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka, vol. 19, no. 3(50), 2022
Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic pro... more Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of written sources covering the bureaucratic procedures of the Safavid era and containing practical instructions on the preparation of official documents. These are, first of all, two well-known manuals on the structure of the state apparatus and its management, “Tazkirat al-muluk” and “Dastur al-muluk”, as well as less studied, although extremely informative texts — the manual-munsha'at in a manuscript kept in the Library and Museum of Malek, and a notebook (bayaz) of records about various features of the external design of decrees and letters sent to various persons, including the rulers of India, the Ottoman Empire, the states of Central Asia, the Pope and the monarchs of European states. With the help of these sources, the main types of documents issued by the Safavid divan and the characteristic features of the external design corresponding to each type are identified. They include elements such as ‘unwan, tugra and seal. The types of documents identified on the basis of these sources correspond to the monuments of Safavid diplomatics that have survived to this day. The information obtained is used for the analysis of recently identified and published original Persian documents from the RSAAA collections.
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
The paper is a publication of three diplomatic letters signed by Shah Safi I: two of them address... more The paper is a publication of three diplomatic letters signed by Shah Safi I: two of them addressed to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich and one to his father, Patriarch Filaret. The inventory annotation of all three documents (Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts, fund 77 “Relations between Russia and Persia”, inv. 2) contained an erroneous dating. Comparison of each letter with the documents from the first part of the same collection (fund 77, inv. 1) has allowed the authors to correct their approximate dating and evaluate their significance in the context of the foreign policy and the goals pursued by the embassy delegations that delivered the letters. The publication of all three documents is accompanied with the documents' description and translation of their texts into English.
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2019
Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the em... more Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the emergence of a position of a ruler's commercial representative (Pers. kirakyaraq, Rus. kupchina). These representatives were sent by both Shah of Iran and Tsar of Muscovy with the goal of selling their sovereign's wares and buying the ones required by their master. The article surveys the never before studied complex of documents in Russian and Persian from the Fund 77 “Russia's Relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts (RSAAA), pertaining to the mission led in 1629—1631 by such commercial representative of Shah Safi I, Mulla Khwaja Rahmat (Rus. Hozja Rahmet). During his journey Khwaja Rahmat experienced quite a few incidents of various nature and this survey allows us to get a more or less clear understanding of the challenges that a regular Persian kupchina of the time was encountering on his way to Moscow and back. The survey is preceded by a short overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Safawid Empire, as well as historiography of Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations. A previously unpublished document in Persian from the same complex is published facsimile, transcribed and translated into English.
Учёные записки Петрозаводского государственного университета, 2019
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2018
Iranian Studies, 2015
Alexander Ludvigovich Kuhn (1840–88) was a Russian Orientalist of German-Armenian descent. The mo... more Alexander Ludvigovich Kuhn (1840–88) was a Russian Orientalist of German-Armenian descent. The most important period of his activity was his service in Central Asia where on behalf of the Turkestan Governorate-General he collected manuscripts, archives and other materials, joining the military campaigns to Kītāb of ShahriSabz, Iskanderkul, Kokand and Khiva. A large number of the manuscripts were sent back to St. Petersburg to the Imperial Public Library, but some never left Kun's possession until they were donated to the Asiatic Museum after his death. Kun was also in charge of the compilation of the famous “Turkistan Albums”—a major collection of photos testifying to the different nationalities and customs that made up the populations of Central Asia. Until now, Kun's biography has been little known to us. The article takes a look into the personal archive of Kun, and describes the man and his motivations and desires.
The Trade in Papers Marked with Non-Latin Characters / Le commerce des papiers à marques à caractères non-latins
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research
The manuscript given below is uncommon for the Safawid corpus of the Russian State Archive of Anc... more The manuscript given below is uncommon for the Safawid corpus of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RSAAA). It is a list of instructions for verbal enunciation given by Safi I to his ambassador Hajji Inji who deliver the text at an audience with Mikhail Fjodorovich, held on April 13, 1635. The text brought up four particular issues that had been upholding conflictive environment in the Russian-Qizilbash relations to the moment of negotiations. The points raised were increasing Cossacks invasions, extradition of fugitives, return of the traders' property lost during shipwreck and detaining of the Shahs paper packs.
Studia Orientalia Electronica, May 6, 2014
ST PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AFGHAN STUDIES St Petersburg 2017 SAINT PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY THE FACULTY OF ASIAN AND AFRICAN STUDIES 27–29 June 2017, 2017
Manuscripta Orientalia. International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research, 2019
Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the em... more Development of the Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations in the 17th century led to the emergence of a position of a ruler's commercial representative (Pers. kirakyaraq, Rus. kupchina). These representatives were sent by both Shah of Iran and Tsar of Muscovy with the goal of selling their sovereign's wares and buying the ones required by their master. The article surveys the never before studied complex of documents in Russian and Persian from the Fund 77 “Russia's Relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts (RSAAA), pertaining to the mission led in 1629—1631 by such commercial representative of Shah Safi I, Mulla Khwaja Rahmat (Rus. Hozja Rahmet). During his journey Khwaja Rahmat experienced quite a few incidents of various nature and this survey allows us to get a more or less clear understanding of the challenges that a regular Persian kupchina of the time was encountering on his way to Moscow and back. The survey is preceded by a short overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Tsardom of Muscovy and the Safawid Empire, as well as historiography of Russo‑Persian trade and diplomatic relations. A previously unpublished document in Persian from the same complex is published facsimile, transcribed and translated into English.
Life in Medieval Khorasan, 2019
Pis'mennye pamiatniki Vostoka, 2019
The article focuses on the publication of thirteen petitions in Persian, which are stored at Fond... more The article focuses on the publication of thirteen petitions in Persian, which are stored at Fond 77 “Russia’s relations with Persia” of the Russian State Archives of Ancient Acts. Addressed to Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich, they were composed by the kupchina (merchant) Khwaja Rahmat, the envoy of the Safavid Shah Safi I, and date back to Khwaja Rahmat’s sojourn in Russia in 1630–1631. The texts of the petitions are accompanied with Russian translations; the historical-linguistic commentary that precedes the publication covers the main goals and objectives of the mission, the historical realities that the envoy encountered, and also clarifies some diplomatic, administrative and trade terms.
Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. No. 4 (181), 2019
The purpose of this article is the study of Russian loanwords in the language of the Persian merc... more The purpose of this article is the study of Russian loanwords in the language of the Persian merchants who conducted trade in Russia in the 17th century. Persian loanwords in the Russian language of that era are well-documented and thoroughly studied, whereas Russian borrowings in Persian have not been studied to the same extent, which can be partly explained by the sparsity and insufficient exploration of the archival documents pertaining to the period. The immediate objective that the authors of this research have set is the analysis of the vocabulary of the Persian petitions by the envoy of the Safavid Shah Safi I to Tsar Mikhail Fiodorovich, Khwaja Rahmat, and his record keeper ‘Abd al-Vali, written in 1630–1631 and addressed to Mikhail Fyodorovich. They are stored in the Fond 77 «Russia's Relations with Persia» of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts. Such documents have never been used in the framework of the studies in the Russian-Persian linguistic contacts, which stipulates the urgency of the research. It has demonstrated that the chosen material allows widening our apprehension of the penetration of Russian lexical units into Persian, and demonstrates that the process of lexical borrowing was mutual for the both languages. The terms borrowed mainly pertain to the sphere of trade that in the 16th–17th centuries was the frontline of the Russian-Persian cultural exchange. The analysis of the loanwords is preceded by a brief overview of commercial and diplomatic ties between the Russian State and the Safavid Empire, as well as historiography of Russian and Persian loanword studies.
The paper is an academic study of a diplomatic document revealing relations between the Russian S... more The paper is an academic study of a diplomatic document revealing relations between the Russian State and the Safawid Persia which now belongs to the RSAAA (Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts) collection and has been overlooked by academic tradition so far. The letter by Shah Safi I to Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov has never been the focus of scholars for quite a long time; the text of the letter is published in this paper. More so, the document was inaccurately attributed in time when the archive inventory was compiled. The letter was translated to identify the year and the background of its production. The text of the message refers to a famous Russian intellectual A. S. Romanchukov who was staying with Shah Safi I and his court in 1636—1637 together with an embassy from Holstein. This fact and the text of the letter suggest that Romanchukov was a low-rank official in
Russian diplomatic mission who delivered Russian tsar's letter of courtesy to Shah Safi I.
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