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# Isaac Massa on the state of Muscovy in his 1614 letter to the States General
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/ia-ne-znaiu-v-nastoiashchee-vremia-gosudarstva-kotoroe-bylo-by-v-bolshei-opasnosti/
- Published: 2023-07-03T13:06:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:59:16.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Monarchies, Moscow, Society

“I know of no state at present that stands in greater danger. ... All will go well only when the Tsar sits in blood up to his elbows.”

*The Dutch merchant Isaac Massa on the state of the Muscovite realm, in a letter to the States General written from Moscow in August 1614*