Swearing Speeches of Artyushka Popov Surgutsky in the Bratsk Fort in 1655 (From the History of “Political Rumors” in Russia in the Middle of the 17th Century)

Abstract

The publication of two unique documents from the mid-17th century containing political rumors circulating in Moscow at that time. They were retold in the Bratsk fort by the exiled man Artemy Popov Surgutsky. Earlier Popov was exiled from the capital to Siberia. Here he worked on the state arable land. Popov was punished for his misbehavior. However, then he served for a long time as a scribe in Yeniseisk.