title: The Organization of Embassy Service in the Russian Lands in the Thirteenth through Sixteenth Centuries
abstract: Abstract The features in the development of embassy service in the Russian lands of the thirteenth through sixteenth centuries are analyzed. In particular, the circle of people such as the baksheis, begouls, kilicheis, tolmaches, and grand-prince service Tatars (Horde, delyuis, chislyaks ) involved at various times in the organization and maintenance of contacts with the Golden Horde and the states that became its heirs is considered. It is concluded that many well-known components of diplomatic
journal: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences