Соратник Петра Великого. История жизни и деятельности Томы Кантакузино в письмах и документах

Along with the written letters and documents of the great spatar and General Major, the author considered it reasonable to present related materials in this edition. These include letters and notes of the government and military fi gures’ addressed to T. Cantacuzino, decisions of the Ruling Senate and the Military Collegium etc. Their presence in this edition will considerably broaden our understanding about this person’s place in the Russian society, his ties and the nature of relationships with the prominent personalities of the time: such as A. D. Menshikov, B. P. Sheremetev, K. A. Renne, P. P. Shafi rov, I. I. Skoropadsky, and many others.

In addition to the collected archive materials, the author found it necessary to publish the documents and evidence about the life and work of count T. Cantacuzino, that were published in the 19th – early 20th cc and have long become a biographic rarity. These include memoirs of chamber junker F. V. Berhgolts, the eyewitness and participant in many events that took place in Russia and the royal court during the reign of Peter I. Due the meticulous records we obtained a unique opportunity of identifying a number of important details, referring to T. Cantacuzino and his family’s biography.

The correspondence of Russian Generals and the state dignitaries with T. Cantacuzino and about him, published in the multivolume edition “Letters and Papers of Peter the Great”, presents an unquestionable value.

In addition to the mentioned publications, new information of Toma Cantacuzino’s biography is taken into consideration and is being published in Romania and France.

Jean Michelle Cantacuzino, the renowned scholar in France, who is also a descendant of the Cantacuzino family, has supplied a great deal of advice, as corrected data on the count’s biography. Through his kind remarks and clarifi cation it became possible to avoid certain errors and inaccuracies committed by the author in his previous works.

It should be noted that the documents used and introduced by the author are only a small refl ection of the active work conducted by T. Cantacuzino in the Walachian principality and the Russian state. In addition to the intensive offi cial and personal correspondence with the Russian political and military leaders, as well as governmental agencies he maintained confi dential correspondence with the secret informants from Transylvania, Moldovan and Walachian principalities, Rzeczpospolita Polska and other countries. It seems that a signifi cant portion of these documents besides Russia, are stored in the state archives of Poland, Austria, and Turkey, waiting for their researcher.

Along with the scientifi c biography of T. Cantacuzino, this monograph is supplemented by numerous documents, the majority of which is introduced for the fi rst time to the scientifi c community. All of them are placed in chronologic order and are provided with comments and scientifi c references. The documents’ style and orthography are preserved. The missing words and letters are enclosed into square brackets.

Список сокращений

АСП ИРИ РАН – Архив Санкт-Петербургского института российской истории Российской академии наук

БРЭ – Большая российская энциклопедия

ДПС – Доклады и приговоры состоявшиеся в Правительствующем сенате в царствование Петра Великого

ОР ГИМ – отдел рукописей Государственного исторического музея

ППВ – письма и бумаги императора Петра Великого

РБС – Российский биографический словарь

РГАДА – Российский государственный архив древних актов

РГА ВМФ – Российский государственный архив военно-морского флота

РГВИА – Российский государственный военно-исторический архив

РГИА – Российский государственный исторический архив

Именной указатель

А

Абаза Илие, (ворник) полковник – С. 26, 91.

Абды паша – С. 107.

Август II, король – С. 21, 29, 88, 100, 119, 162.

Адрианов П.М., историк – С. 34.

Алларт Л.-Н., генерал – С. 86, 88, 89.

Алтухов Герасим, подрядчик – С. 62.

Алтухов Семен, подрядчик – С. 62.

Анна Иоанновна, императрица – С. 72, 74, 119, 120.

Анофриев Василий, ротмистр – С. 106, 108.

Апостол-Кигеч Ф.П., полковник – С. 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 82, 103, 108.

Апраксин Ф.М., генерал-адмирал – С. 5, 23, 34, 77, 78, 82, 84, 89, 90, 101.

Аракчеев В.С., командир Тобольского драгунского полка – С. 50, 136, 138, 161, 162.

Афанасьев Александр, драгун – С. 70, 190.

Астапенко М., историк – С. 129.

Афендик Семен, пыркэлаб Сорокской крепости – С. 26, 91.

Ахмед III, султан – С. 10, 27, 39, 44, 54, 97, 106.

Б

Бабин, капитан – С. 187–190.

Байер Г.З., историк – С. 11.

Балтаджи Мехмет паша, великий визирь – С. 37, 76, 77, 89.

Бантыш-Каменский Д.Н., историк – С. 64, 97, 119, 140, 191.

Берхгольц Ф.В., камер-юнкер – С. 6, 16, 68, 70, 191, 193.

Богдан Григорьевич, камараш (стольник) князя Д. Кантемира – С. 188.

Богданов, комиссар – С. 73, 149.

Боур Р.Х, генерал – С. 59, 125, 126, 128.

Брашовян Михайла, капитан – С. 43.