PETER I, (PETER ALEXEEVICH, "Peter the Great") (1672-1725), Czar of Russia. Document signed ("Pyotr" in Cyrillic), to the Military College, St. Petersburg, 12 May 1723. 1 page, small 4to, integral address leaf, text in a clear cyrillic hand. Very fine condition.

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PETER I, (PETER ALEXEEVICH, "Peter the Great") (1672-1725), Czar of Russia. Document signed ("Pyotr" in Cyrillic), to the Military College, St. Petersburg, 12 May 1723. 1 page, small 4to, integral address leaf, text in a clear cyrillic hand. Very fine condition.

PAYING THE SALARY OF PRINCE GOLITSYN. Two years after becoming Emperor of Russia, Peter intervenes on behalf of one of his most trusted military commanders: "Prince Golitsyn has been ordered to go on a campaign, please pay him all of his salary without withholding any quarter of it." The subject, Dmitry Mikhaylovich, Prince Golitsyn (1665-1737), was the favorite of Peter's sister, Sothya, and attempted unsuccessfully to transform Russia into a Constitutional monarchy.

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