- Kuritsyn, Afanasii Fedorovich by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died no earlier than 1540. Russian statesman and diplomat. Son of F. V. Kuritsyn.Kuritsyn became a d’iak. (high-ranking secretary) in 1520 and was a close associate of Vasilii III. He frequently participated in diplomatic negotiations with the Polish-Lithuanian state and Kazan Khanate, heading embassies to ...
- Kuritsyn, Afanasii by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died no earlier than 1540. Russian statesman and diplomat. Son of F. V. Kuritsyn.Kuritsyn became a d’iak. (high-ranking secretary) in 1520 and was a close associate of Vasilii III. He frequently participated in diplomatic negotiations with the Polish-Lithuanian state and Kazan Khanate, heading embassies to ...
- Afanasii Kuritsyn by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died no earlier than 1540. Russian statesman and diplomat. Son of F. V. Kuritsyn.Kuritsyn became a d’iak. (high-ranking secretary) in 1520 and was a close associate of Vasilii III. He frequently participated in diplomatic negotiations with the Polish-Lithuanian state and Kazan Khanate, heading embassies to ...
- Fedor Kuritsyn by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died no earlier than 1500. Russian political figure.Kuritsyn was a duma embassy official. He exerted a great influence on Russia’s foreign policy during the reign of Ivan III Vasilievich. In 1482 he was sent to the Hungarian king Matthias Hunyadi to conclude an alliance against ...
- Fedor Vasilevich Kuritsyn by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Died no earlier than 1500. Russian political figure.Kuritsyn was a duma embassy official. He exerted a great influence on Russia’s foreign policy during the reign of Ivan III Vasilievich. In 1482 he was sent to the Hungarian king Matthias Hunyadi to conclude an alliance against ...