The Economic Importance of the City of Berezov and Berezovsky District for the Foreign Policy Relations of the Moscow Kingdom in the Late XVI–Mid XVII Centuries

The delivery of furs from Siberia at the end of the XVI–XVII centuries was of great importance not only for the Russian economy. The role of Siberian furs in the foreign policy aff rs of the Moscow state was great.

The purpose of this article is to study the economic importance of the city of Berezov and Berezovsky Uyezd as yasacha territories for the foreign policy contacts of the Muscovite Kingdom of the late XVI — mid XVII century.

The article uses documents from the diplomatic history of Russia in the late XVI — mid XVII centuries. (instructions to the ambassadors, their reports, article lists of embassies), as well as documents of an internal economic nature — reports from the Berezovsky voivodes about the collected yasak. The main methods were historical and comparative, used to study the quantitative and qualitative indicators of the ash harvest, typological and historical-systematic, used to clarify the importance of Siberian furs for the diplomacy of the Moscow Kingdom. The documents of the embassy order were rarely considered in Siberian regionalism, especially in the economic aspect. The importance of Siberian furs in the foreign policy aff of the Moscow state was great and had many aspects. «Soft junk», primarily sables, were sent as gifts to foreign rulers and court nobility, given to Russian ambassadors as a means of payment, and given to foreign ambassadors in Moscow. With the help of furs, it was possible to solve other tasks of national importance. The arrival of «soft junk» from Berezovsky District through Berezov, as well as arrivals through other district centers of Siberia, ensured not only trade and economic relations with other countries, but also the establishment and support of prestigious diplomatic relations with European and Asian states.

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