Afanasy Fyodorovich Nagoy (died about 1593 ) - Russian ambassador to the Crimea in 1563 - 1572 , okolnichy . Native uncle of Tsarina Maria Fyodorovna Nagoy .
He did a lot to prevent the Crimean-Turkish aggression; So, he warned Ivan IV about the upcoming campaign of the Crimean Khan Devlet I Geray to Astrakhan . He was taken into custody by the Crimean Khan ( 1569 ); freed after being exchanged for the Crimean nobleman. The surviving documents of the Nagoya Embassy are valuable evidence of international relations in the 16th century , a source on the history of the Crimean Khanate .
Nagoy also participated in negotiations with Lithuanian, Danish, Polish envoys.
He became an oprichnik in the Crimea in 1571. Since 1573 he was a member of the near duma of Ivan the Terrible. In subsequent years, participated in many diplomatic negotiations. In 1576-1579 he was a court governor. Soon after the death of Grozny, he was exiled to Novosil . In 1591, at the time of the death of Tsarevich Dmitry, he was in Yaroslavl and was accused by the government of setting fire to Moscow.
Literature
- Nagoy, Afanasy Fedorovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Nagoy, Afanasy Fedorovich / V. D. Nazarov // Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- Encyclopedia of Secret Services of Russia / Compiled by A.I. Kolpakidi. - M .: AST, Astrel, Transitbook, 2004 .-- S. 136. - 800 p. - ISBN 5-17018975-3 .
Links
- Naked, Athanasius Fedorovich at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants