Avraamy Palitsyn (
Russian: Авраамий Палицын; 1550 – 13 September 1626 or 1627) was a 17th-century
Russia
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n historian. Born near
Rostov, he was the
cellarer at the
Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra from 1606 to 1613. Palitsyn died in the
Solovetsky Monastery
The Solovetsky Monastery (, ) is a fortified monastery located on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea in northern Russia. It was one of the largest Christian citadels in northern Russia before it was converted into a Soviet Union, Soviet pris ...
on 13 September 1626.
From 1611 to 1612, he made numerous written appeals for the liberation of
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
from the
Polish forces that had conquered it during the
Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles (), also known as Smuta (), was a period of political crisis in Tsardom of Russia, Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Feodor I of Russia, Feodor I, the last of the Rurikids, House of Rurik, and ended in 1613 wit ...
. He took part in the Russian deputation that signed the
Treaty of Deulino in 1618.
Palitsyn wrote ''Istoriya v pamyat sushchim predydushchim godom'' (''History to Be Remembered by Future Generations''), a history of Russia's
Time of Troubles
The Time of Troubles (), also known as Smuta (), was a period of political crisis in Tsardom of Russia, Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Feodor I of Russia, Feodor I, the last of the Rurikids, House of Rurik, and ended in 1613 wit ...
, in 1620, as well as a description of
the siege of his monastery that lasted from 1608 to 1610. His
magnum opus
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Historically, ...
was first printed by
Nikolai Novikov in 1784.
References
Encyclopædia Britannica article on 17th century Russian literatureNew Times articleBrief note on Palitsyn's work in support of the war
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16th-century births
1626 deaths
People from Yaroslavl Oblast
Historians from the Tsardom of Russia
17th-century Russian writers
17th-century historians
Year of birth unknown
Scientists from the Tsardom of Russia
16th-century Russian writers
Inmates of the prison of the Solovetsky Monastery