On the employment status of Andrei Bolotov in Königsberg
| Autor: | Miliutin M. P. |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Russian |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Слово.ру: балтийский акцент, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 36-104 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2225-5346 2686-8989 |
| DOI: | 10.5922/2225-5346-2020-2-8 |
| Popis: | This article deals with Andrey Bolotov’s official employment status during his time in Königsberg (April 1758 — March 1762). The work considers the historiographic tradition originating from Bolotov’s memoirs, the Königsberg pages of which were written more than 30 years after the events described. Bolotov’s memoirs are compared with his correspondence of the time and the archival materials of the Russian administration of East Prussia during the Seven Years’ War. It is concluded that Bolotov’s status was ambivalent. Although serving as a translator at the governor’s office, he never had an official rank. The study makes it possible to clarify the role that Bolotov had in the local Russian administration as well as to understand his attitude to service in that difficult period for the Russian nobility. |
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