Andrey Kurbsky
Andrey Kurbsky | |
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| Андрей Курбский | |
 Kurbsky in Novgorod, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible | |
| Born | 1528 |
| Died | 1583 |
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Prince Andrey Mikhailovich Kurbsky (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Курбский; Polish: Andriej Michajłowicz Kurbski; 1528–1583) was a Russian political figure, military leader, and political philosopher, known as an intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584). His correspondence with the tsar provides a unique source for the history of 16th-century Russia.
Life
Andrey Kurbsky belonged to a family of
During the
Kurbsky is best remembered for a series of vitriolic letters he exchanged with the tsar between 1564 and 1579. In 1573, he wrote a political
His son, Dmitri Kurbsky (
In popular culture
A dramatized account of his life, in which he is depicted as the second-most powerful aristocrat in Russia (second only to the tsar) who is constantly put under pressure by boyars who want to make him revolt against the imperial authority at Moscow, can be found in the epic 1944 work of Soviet film director Sergei Eisenstein, Ivan the Terrible.
References
- ^ Andrzej Nowak, "The Russo-Polish Historical Confrontation", Sarmatian Review, January 1997 Issue.
- ^ Józef Wolff, «Kniaziowie Litewsko-Ruscy», Warszawa, 1895 r., Cz. 1 str. 194-197 (Kurbski-Jaroslawski), Cz. 2 str. 662 (Kozar-Krupski)
External links
- genealogy (Андрей Михайлович Курбский) (in Russian)
- Correspondence of Ivan IV and Kurbsky (in Russian)
- Kurbsky's History of the Grand Prince of Moscow (in Russian)
