Північне Приазов'я в записках іноземців 16 – середині 17 ст.
Journal: Донецький історичний часопис
Year: 2024

The purpose of the article is to analyze the information capabilities of foreigners’ memoirs on research of the history of the Northern Azov region (within the borders of Ukraine) in the 16th and mid-17th centuries. The sources for the study were the notes of foreigners of different origins who stayed in the Crimean Khanate, in particular in the Northern Azov region, namely Polish Ambassador to the Crimea M. Broniewski, Dominican missionaries J. de Luc and E. D. d’Ascoli, Englishman J. Smith, an