ist. 1847, No. 9, p. 20) 1). However, Tatishchev “was distinguished by an evil heart that did not forget insults” (Marzh. 301). He entered into a close relationship with Vasily Shuisky and together with him led the uprising against the Pretender (ib. 303 and Marina’s diary in the edition of Ustryalov, 168. III. Ni. Mopiga. II, 118). The latter’s favorite, Basmanov, despite the recently rendered service to Tatishchev, fell under the blow of his pozha (Bussov, 60, Marzh. 303). In negotiations with the Poles, the conduct of which he was entrusted with under the Pretender and Shuisky, he was distinguished by daring speeches (Niziogisa Kpvsiae Mopitepia, II, Buaguizg (igie^omg Mozkieiizkis i Ie^asui Rozioi eis. 127 - 130, 133-135). The conspiracy against the Pretender brought Tatishchev closer to Shuisky: the latter entrusted him, together with his brother, Dmitry Shuisky, with the transfer of the relics of Dmitry Uglitsky (Marzher. 304), and then we meet Tatishchev as a governor in Novgorod (Baramz. XII, 89), important at that time due to its border position. And so, could this be the cause of displeasure against a person distinguished by such extreme manifestations of patriotic feeling and could he be suspected in this case of treason?
Tatishchev was a bookish and religious man, devoted to the point of fanaticism, which, however, was worthy of a better cause, to his convictions 2). But neither patriotism nor religiosity saved him from the violent method of action that distinguished the Russian administration of that time, especially in the regions. For people like Tatishchev, these extremes are often reconciled very conveniently and even cover up those shortcomings that are immediately obvious in others. However, an inventory of his property has been preserved, occupying 40 printed pages. prostrate, the beginning of which, unfortunately, has been lost. It shows that Tatishchev was a wealthy man: it lists rich clothes, gold, embroidered with pearls, often silk or velvet, lined with furs; furs, linen and linen; weapons and harness, lined with gray
II In the said legend, Tatishchev is called “a good champion of Orthodoxy,” 20.
*) In the onis of his property we find the following books: Six Days, Psalms, Trefoloy, Cosmography. It also contains 65 images and 2 pairs of rosaries (Temporary Moscow General History VIII, 34).
Prince Mykhailo Vasyliovych Skopin-Shuisky.
gilded edge; a lot of good riding horses, a big bunch of simple horses; silver and gilded utensils; various dishes; collection of precious stones and necklaces; stocks of food of five, however insignificant (Temporary Moscow. Obshch. Nst. UІІІ, mixture, 1-40); according to the testimony of Tatishchev’s people, there were few reserves left for veneer, that again they were not available from the estates; since Tatishchev’s estates were all owned by thieves, and in Novgorod he did not stockpile supplies for himself, because he did not expect service for himself anywhere” (ib. 21). Among the property, a “loan memory” was also found, issued to him by Itr. To the vendor for a hundred rubles, on the security of a dress (32-33), and testifying that Tatishchev sometimes needed money. But he did not always resort to such peaceful means. In the same inventory we read: “The saadak was forged in silver, with niello, the bow was painted in gold, and Matthias Domoratsviy took the saadak, beat Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich (Skopin) with his forehead and said that the Novgorodians took that saadak from him from the yard by robbing his son with junk, at the time they came plunder their yards" (ib. 9). "The table is painted with paints; by order of the boyar and governor, Prince Skopin Shuisky, that table was given to clerk Medvedev without money by petition; he said: Tatishchev took that table from him to keep, but did not give it back." Having a large number of horses, however, he took the gelding from the Metropolitan and did not pay him any money. He took 3 pairs of self-propelled guns from Grigory Shorin to look at and did not return them (25 and 10). The servants were now assigned a part of his property, as a reward for not giving them rye during the siege (ib. 16). These individual facts show that Tatishchev allowed himself the same actions in Novgorod as other governors in Pskov. This may explain the displeasure against him in Novgorod. That is why, probably, he advised Skopin to leave Novgorod during the movement that was discovered there, and the san left the city with him *). As a result, the main figure in pacifying the waves