The Battle of Sudbishchi in June 1555 in the appraisals of Russian chroniclers and historians of the 16th–17th centuries

Research objectives: An analysis of Russian narrative sources in the 16th–17th centuries about Battle Sudbishchi; identification and explanation different assessments results battle chronicles, publications, other historical works Moscow State era. materials: Official, regional, private chronicles centuries, publications (works Ivan Terrible Andrei Kurbsky), later compilations Old tradition. Results novelty research: In between Crimean Khan Devlet Giray I Tsar’s voivode, Bolshoy Sheremetev, at Sudbishchi received appraisals. second half 16th century, official governmental discourse considered this event to be an total, though costly, victory arms. The unofficial compositions period, contrast, contained information significant human losses general defeat army. This was due not so much activity state propaganda as inability regional scribes assess global strategic consequences that were known court chroniclers. Predominantly, compilative character 17th century contributed affirmation view among scribes. first historians 18th–19th accep­ted it, through their mediation, a number our contemporary researchers likewise shared view. Appendix article contains three previously unknown accounts from unpublished chronicles.