THE VOLOGDA DIOCESE AND IVAN IV
Journal: Вестник Пермского университета История
Year: 2022

The article deals with the reasons of the significant rise of the Vologda diocese’s status in the last third of the 16th century. It was an important component of the Russian government’s measures aimed at the creation of the reserve residence for Russian Tsar. The necessity of such residence was connected with the tensions at the southern border in the middle of the 1560s. The choice of Vologda was determined, firstly, by the long distance from the southern border; secondly, its location in the