Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


the Stolbov agreement

John Merick at the Talks in Ladoga, 1616

The article by Y.N. Rabinovich is dedicated to that period in the Time of Troubles in the Russian North which hadn’t been studied in detail by other historians – the talks in Ladoga, followed by the making of the Stolbov agreement. The article covers in detail the development of the talks on the background of quickly changing military and political situation, the main event of which was a march of Charles Gullenalm for Pskov.

Porhov on the Last Stage of the Time of Troubles (1615–1618)

The article by Y.N. Rabinovich is dedicated to that period in the Time of Troubles in the Russian North which hadn’t been studied in detail by other historians. The article regards the destiny of one of the small towns of Russia, which was involved into the flood of events, related to the struggle of Pskov against Novgorod and the Swedish interventionists. The tangled chronology of the Times of Troubles in the district of Porkhov is studied thoroughly.