Byelorussian, Russian, Ukrainian “times of troubles” as the background of redivisions of borders in Central and Eastern Europe in the 16th – 17th cent Cover Image

Белорусская, русская, украинская «смуты» — истоки переделов границ стран Центральной и Восточной Европы в XVI–XVII вв.
Byelorussian, Russian, Ukrainian “times of troubles” as the background of redivisions of borders in Central and Eastern Europe in the 16th – 17th cent

Author(s): Vladimir Georgiyevich Korotkiy
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Rzeczpospolita of both countries); Moscow; Union; Vladislav IV Vasa

Summary/Abstract: he death of the last member of the Yagellon dynasty of Sigismund II August (1572) was the starting point of the «Troubles Times» history in the Central and Eastern Europe. If 15th and 16th centuries are the centuries of the supremacy struggle, of the East Slavic lands closed to Vilnius and Moscow «gathering», the end of 16th–17th century is the same struggle, but with the unificated centers in Krakow, Moscow and later — in Warsaw.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 133-137
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian