Cultural Issues in the Contemporary English Translation of Grigory K. Kotoshikhin’s On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich Cover Image

Elementy kulturowe w angielskim przekładzie utworu Grigorija Kotoszychina O Rosji za panowania cara Aleksego Michajłowicza
Cultural Issues in the Contemporary English Translation of Grigory K. Kotoshikhin’s On Russia in the Reign of Aleksei Mikhailovich

Author(s): Piotr Plichta
Subject(s): History, Literary Texts, Russian Literature, 17th Century
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Rusycytyczne
Keywords: Alexei Mikhailovich; Grigoriy Kotoshikhin; Russian history; 17th century; Russian culture

Summary/Abstract: Russia in the Reign of Alexei Mikhailovich by Grigoriy Karpovich Kotoshikhin (ca.1630–1667) is one of the most important historical sources providing insight into thesocial and political shape of Russia in the XVIIth Century. Its English translation byBenjamin Phillip Uroff, made in 1970 to be published posthumously in 2014, containssome fascinating mistakes reflecting the vast cultural and mental differencesbetween Russia around 1650 and contemporary English-speaking world.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 161
  • Page Range: 118-128
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish