Andrey Kurbsky

Andrei Mikhailovich Kurbski (Russian: Андрей Михайлович Курбский; * 1528, † 1583 ) was a Russian prince in the service of Tsardom Russia. He was descended from the royal line of Rurik - side Kurbski.

Life

Kurbski was a close confidant and later a leading political opponent of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. His correspondence with the Czar is a unique source for the history of Russia in the 16th century.

Correspondence with Ivan the Terrible

• Karl Stählin: The correspondence of Ivan the Terrible to the Prince Kurbsky ( 1564-1579 ). Leipzig 1921 ( excerpts)
• The correspondence in between Prince AM Kurbsky and Tsar Ivan IV of Russia: 1564 - 1579 / AM Kurbsky. - Repr - Cambridge: Univ. Press, 1963