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Ambassadorial Prikaz and Russian ambassadors

Between 1615 and 1660 a number of originally Russian lands were lost as a result of the Time of Trouble and the Polish Commonwealths intervention. The state no longer access to the Baltic Sea, and Russia’s prestige on the world scene was undermined.

Particular was paid to organizing the Ambassadorial Prikaz. The number of people serving in it and its financial means increased significantly. Envoys, translators, messengers, and other members of staff were carefully .

Russian ambassadors were sought to strengthen Russia’s diplomatic positions and restore relations with Austria, England, Denmark, Holland, and countries.

The foreign policy of that time was marked consistency and firmness. Foreigners were amazed how insistent Russian ambassadors were in ensuring that their ruler’s honour was respected, that the tsar’s long title had to be read precisely and in full. Refusal to him 'autocrat' (and therefore acknowledge him as such) implied a refusal to accept the Russian state as an independent power.

A strengthening of Russia’s positions in the 1630s, and also a favourable international situation (the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War), made possible to launch a struggle to regain the lost territories in the west and north, using the diplomatic and military potential.