Kulinarisches Wissen auf Reisen by Martin Rohde

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17th-Century Ambassadorial Relations between Russia and Central Asian Nomads: The Official Status of Russian Diplomats Analyzed by Andrey S. Zuev, Dmitry K. Popov

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Information about the Zasechnaya Line in the Lower Part of the Volga in the Astrakhan Region (from archival sources and materials of archaeological studies) by Evgeny M. Pigarev

“…The given analysis of written sources shows the scale of the works on creation of defensive objects in the XVI – XVIII centuries, included in the state Zasechnaya line, protecting the lands of the Tsardom of Russia from the raids of nomads. A list and a brief description of military fortresses built in the Astrakhan Volga region, such as the Astrakhan Kremlin, the Chetyryohbugorinskoye fortress, Tsaritsyn, Chyorny Yar and Krasny Yar fortresses are given. …”
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Osmanlı İmparatorluğu Hizmetinde Breslau (Midilli) Kruvazörü by Mithat Atabay

“…Admiral Souchon, who arrived in the Black Sea on 27 October, participated in the bombarding of Odessa, Sivastopol and Novorossisk harbour on the night of 29/30 October with the Ottoman Navy consisting of 11 vessels including Yavuz and Midilli. The Tsardom of Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 2 November 1914. …”
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Andreas Osiander: an ideologue of Russian-German rapprochement efforts by Walther Friesen

“…After the public execution in Königsberg of distinguished public figures, some followers of Andreas Osiander could have found refuge in the Tsardom of Russia during the confusions of the Livonian war and thereafter. …”
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Once Again on Boris Godunov’s Birthday. Heinrich von Logau’s Account by Anna Feliksovna Litvina, Fyodor Borisovich Uspenskij

“…An unpublished manuscript by Tectander’s contemporary and compatriot, Baron Heinrich von Logau, who visited the Tsardom of Russia at the same time, allows us to verify this date as well as to broaden our perspective on everyday life and ceremonial of the royal court, on the Tsar’s personal piety and on the status of the ancient tradition of celebrating birthdays and name days. …”
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‘Nowadays Kalmyks Maintain Firm Peace with the Crimea ...’: Kalmyk-Crimean Relations in the Late Seventeenth Century by Vladimir T. Tepkeev

“…That was a significant success of the Crimean diplomacy that took every advantage of the then dissentions between Kalmyks and the Tsardom of Russia. The mentioned political consent was paralleled by mutually beneficial horse and cattle trading activities. …”
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Unia polsko-rosyjska z 1815 r. na tle unii lubelskiej i projektów unii Rzeczypospolitej i Rosji z XVI i XVII w. by Jakub Wojas

“…It is then compared with the Union of Lublin and the drafts of planned unions between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries. The circumstances which led to the creation of the Kingdom of Poland and its union with the Russian Empire, as well as the earlier attempts to create one state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire, as well as the principles of a union of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are presented. …”
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Kuchum’s Descendants and the Bashkirs: Attempts of Reconstructing the Siberian Khanate by Azat S. Salmanov

“…Analysis of historical events (departure of Kuchum’s grandson Kuchuk to the Karakalpaks and adoption of Russian citizenship by the Kalmyk ruler Ayuka) shows that the rebellious Bashkirs experienced a collapse of hopes for the restoration of the Siberian Khanate, the latter viewed as an opportunity to gain independence from the Tsardom of Russia. Conclusions. Bashkir uprisings of the mid-to-late 17th century should be considered in line with the political situation that had developed in the southeastern outskirts of Russia due to the joint activities of the Kuchumovichs, Kalmyk and Bashkir leaders…”
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Johannes Hevelius’s Selenographia Manuscript in Vilnius by Rima Cicėnienė

“…Nonetheless, the history of this book focuses one’s attention to another little-studied topic in Lithuania – the connections of literature and book culture in the 17th century that bridge the GDL and the Tsardom of Russia. To sum up, it may be concluded that access to new archival sources in Russia and Lithuania and a detailed chemical analysis of materials making up the codex (the ink in particular) would affirm or deny the conclusions reached in this study.…”
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