title: Regency and Transfer of Power in Muscovy
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metadata.value: Shaposhnik, Vyacheslav V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-06-26T21:56:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-06-26T21:56:06Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Shaposhnik V. V. Regency and Transfer of Power in Muscovy. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2023, vol. 68, issue 1, рp. 176–189. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.110 (In Russian)
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2023.110
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41686
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article examines the issue of whether there was a regency in the Russian state in the 16th
  century and the problem of delegation of power. The author comes to the following conclusion:
  the names of persons who were supposed to assume real power in the country for a certain
  time in the case of incapacity of the heir under the age were entered into the testaments
  of the monarchs. Such records were in the testaments of Vasilii III (1533) and Ivan IV (1553,
  1554, 1561/1562, 1584). The author of the study believes that although in Russia at the time
  there was no special legislation on the regency, and there were no terms “regent”, “regency” or
  “board of guardians”, it is fair to state that regency actually existed in the 16th century. There
  could not be the legislation on the regency, with those ideas about power that existed. It was
  believed that the sovereign receives his power directly from God. Regents made all their decisions
  on behalf of the monarch, despite the fact that the sovereign himself often could not take
  part in the affairs of government. The acquisition of additional powers by a few “chosen ones”
  caused discontent among other courtiers. This led to the fact that after the death of the sovereign,
  the guardians or regents appointed by him often could not retain their special powers of
  authority and lost not only power, but also their lives. Everything was decided by the balance
  of forces in the court.
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metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study was supported by the grant from the Russian Science Foundation no. 22-18-00151 “The
  Changes in the Composition and Image of the Ruling Elite of the Russian State during the Turning Periods
  of Russian History in the 16th–17th centuries (Boyars rule, Oprichnina, Time of Troubles, Reigns of Alexey
  Mikhailovich, Fedor Alexeevich, the Regency of Princess Sophia)”.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 68; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: regency
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: regency council
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: board of trustees
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: power
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Vasilii III
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ivan IV
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: testament
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Regency and Transfer of Power in Muscovy
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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