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Daniil BuchauWriter about Russia
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Biography of Daniil Buhau
Daniil Buhau was a writer on Russia who was born in Lviv. He enjoyed great trust from the German emperors Maximilian II and Rudolf II. Buhau was sent to Moscow twice with diplomatic missions and, upon the emperor's orders, he wrote a note about his trip, which was published in 1668 under the title "Moscoviae ortus et progressus" (subsequent editions in 1679, 1681, 1687; reprinted with the second edition in "Scriptores rerum Livonicarum", vol. II, pp. 687-728; complete Russian translation in "Readings of the Moscow Society of History and Antiquities", 1876, books 3 and 4).
Observant and Truthful Writer
A careful study of Buhau's work led to the conviction of his extraordinary observant nature and the truthfulness of the information he provided. Buhau knew Czech and, thanks to this, he could use books in Russian. He worked extensively in Livonian archives to gather material for a short story about Livonian affairs and supplemented his work with excerpts from documents (letters from Ivan IV to ambassadors, letters from Kettler, and others).
References
- Introduction to the complete translation of the "Notes" and the article by Bagaley in the "Kiev University News" (1879, No. 3).
