This fourteenth volume of the series on archeography, historiography, and source studies opens with a detailed study about the life and views of the Russian writer and diplomat of the 18th century I.I. Khemnitser, based on his correspondence. Other articles deal with: correspondence between Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich (1645-1676) and his son Fedor Alekseevich: analysis of the system of ruling through the government bodies Prikazy based on paper work of Pechatnyi and Posol"skii Prikazy as well as Velikoe Posol"stvo (1697-98); composition and evolution of the Boyar elite in the 13th-17th centuries; analysis of pre-Petrine documentation as a source on socio-economic history of Rus. Bibliographical references.