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3 unusual facts about Bogdan Belsky


Belsky family

The most prominent of them were Malyuta Skuratov (Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy, died in 1573) and Bogdan Belsky (died in 1611).

Bogdan Belsky

He failed, however, and soon began his anti-Godunov campaign seemingly in favor of Simeon Bekbulatovich.

The tsar would entrust him his intimate affairs, such as inquiries about his potential fiancée Mary Hastings (1581), and negotiations with Jerome Bowes, the English ambassador, about the tsar's possible marriage with this lady (1583–1584).



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