CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Meftakhudinov, Konstantin Pavlovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Muscovite diplomacy and the 1682 Moscow Uprising |
| Summary | This work deals with Muscovite diplomacy in the context of the 1682 Strel’tsy uprising. The revolt and the ensuing succession crisis changed the Russian political order and resulted in two half-brothers, Ivan V and Peter I, ascending to the throne, while their (half-) sister Sophia ruled the country as regent. The thesis argues that, in this novel and unusual situation, the Russian government used and adjusted diplomatic practice to control information about the events and protect the representation of the tsars at foreign courts. Using embassies to Poland-Lithuania and Sweden as examples, it shows how the Russian court made careful choices about the diplomatic ranks of its representatives in times of crisis, how it communicated the victory over the rebels while at the same time suppressing any information about the uprising itself, and how it presented the two tsars as legitimate sovereigns. |
| Supervisor | Hennings, Jan |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/meftakhudinov_konsta.pdf |
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