The Editions of the Official of the Foreign Affairs’ Collegi um I. M. Tsebrikov’s “Notes” on the Events of the Russian-Turkish War and the Ac cession of Crimea in 1768–1787
Journal: Vestnik NSU Series History and Philology
Year: 2026

The article examines a handwritten autobiographical work titled “The Notes, or a Journal Kept by State Councilor Ivan Tsebrikov from 1768 Regarding the Beginning of the Russo-Turkish War between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, about the Crimea and the Four Nogai Hordes, and Other Things”. The author, Ivan Maksimovich Tsebrikov, served as a collegiate registrar and worked in the regimental chancellery of Count P. A. Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky. As an eyewitness and participant in the Russo-Turkish War of