The embassy of Tatischev and Ivanov, 1604-5, the text annotated and with additional commentaries as above, followed by supplementary documents from the embassy of Sovin and Polukhanov, 1596-9, a commentary on the sources, and genealogical notes and tables on the Russian royal houses, the Ottoman sultans, the Safavid shahs, the Giray khans of the Crimea, and other rulers. Maps, plates.