Historical sources . In MSU’s History Faculty’s virtual library . All texts are in Russian or in Old Russian) . Russian History . ... About Russia under the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich (An account of different aspects of life in the State of Moscow, composed by a Russian Posolski Prikaz (Foreign Office) official emigrating, on the order of a Swedish noble in 1665 (foreign policy registry). ... A manifest, bringing about the emancipation of peasants from serfdom. ...