SPb. : Marine Cadet Corps Printing House, 1854. — 301 s. Popov Alexander Nikolaevich (1820-1877) studied at Moscow University, served in the II department of the Tsar's own office, corresponding member of the Academy in the category of historical sciences . All his works concern diplomatic relations of Russia with foreign powers: with Poland (the Embassy of Tyapkin in Poland in 1673-1676 . France (Embassy of Potemkin 1668 .) ), the papal throne from 1845 to 1850. , with Khiva and Bukhara; he also wrote the work "Diplomatic Secret Writing in Ancient Russia" ("Zap. Arch. General. ",1853. T. V). Work of his "Russian Embassy in Poland in 1673-1677" (SPb.) 1854) is devoted to the activities of our first permanent diplomatic representative, Stolnik Vasily Mikhailovich Tyapkin, who stayed at the Polish court for five years. In the last 13th chapter, the author gives a general description of the activities of Tyapkin and the environment in which it took place, as well as the political views of the time. A detailed review of the work was given by Neil Popov ..