- Avraamy Palitsyn
Avraamy Palitsyn was a 17th century
Russia n historian. Born nearRostov , he was thecellarer at theTroitse-Sergiyeva Lavra from 1606 to 1613. Palitsyn died in theSolovetsky Monastery onSeptember 13 ,1626 .From 1611 to 1612, he made numerous written appeals for the liberation of
Moscow from the Polish forces that had conquered it during theTime of Troubles . He took part in the Russian deputation that signed theTreaty 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 , in 1620, as well as a description of the siege of his monastery that lasted from 1608 to 1610. Hismagnum opus was first printed byNikolai Novikov in 1784.References
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-29140 Encyclopaedia Britannica article on 17th century Russian literature]
* [http://www.newtimes.ru/eng/detail.asp?art_id=562 New Times article]
* [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:DPydIHvDKjQJ:www.orthodox.cn/divenbog/MAY/12-MAY.DOC+%22Avraam+Palitsyn%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a Brief note on Palitsyn's work in support of the war]
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