Between Empire and Tsardom: The Trip of Clerks from Arkhangelsk Province to the Theatre of the Great Northern War, 1716–1718

• Published in: Quaestio Rossica
• Main Author: Lavrov, Aleksander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ural Federal University 2018
• Subjects: travelogue; Petrine epoch; 18th century St Petersburg; Great Northern War; Nikita Telitsyn; путевые записки; Петровская эпоха; Петербург XVIII в.; Северная война; Никита Телицын; Narva; Nikita; Arkhangelsk; Mezen; Mezen'
• Online Access: https://journals.urfu.ru/index.php/QR/article/view/287; https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2018.1.287

This article considers a new source that has not previously attracted the attention of researchers: an account of a journey undertaken by clerks from Arkhangelsk province to Pomerania. In 1716, the clerks, who served in the local administration in Kevrola and Mezen, were sent to take the money colle...