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The Crimean Tatar
invasion of Moscow
in the summer of 1591 was the last in the long history of bilateral
relations, and it is reflected along with chronicle writings in the Russian
journalism on the eve of the Time of Troubles and the 1620s. Mention (not
very accurate) about the failed attempt by Gazi Giray II to master the Russian capital, rising to some
brief chronicler, available in the second edition of the Chronograph. The
Tale of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, written by the
patriarch Iov, and Annals clerk Ivan Timofeev we encounter lengthy stories devoted to battles
near Moscow,
between the Tatars and the army, which was the de facto commander of Boris Godunov. Using chronicle source (probably the one that V.
N. Tatischev called “History of the Destruction of
Russia”), Iov tendentiously portrayed ruler Boris
as an outstanding military leader and stressed the importance of prayers for
the intercession addressed to God and the Virgin Mary by “saint” Tsar Fedor. By the way, the victory won over the Crimeans at the walls of Moscow, under the pen of
"humility" of the patriarch did childless brother in law of the
sovereign of his worthy successor. Ivan Timofeev
also, writing on his own memoirs after two decades, if not later, the rapid
flight of the Tatars from the vicinity of "imperial city",
presented Godunov (including under the influence of
Serpukhov march 1598) as a “false courage”
commander, and a leading role in the Khan defeat of this holy prayers
autocrat, at the end of life is the Crimea have established peaceful
relations.
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Key
words: Crimean Khanate, Muscovy, Gazi Giray II, Boris Godunov, the invasion of the Tatars in Moscow in the
summer of 1591, The Tale of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich,
Annals of Ivan Timofeev, sources and the degree of
reliability of these products.
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