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 | | Upon arrival at Kalyazin, I received the blessing of Father-Superior Macarins and brethren of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity7 and the Holy Martyrs Boris and Gleb8; from Kalyazin I proceeded to Uglich, and from Uglich to Kostroma, to Prince Alexander, bearing another pass from the Grand Duke9, and he let me sail on unham-pered. |
 | | The reference is to one of the churches of the Kalyazin Monastery, named after Boris and Gleb, sons of St. Vladimir, Grand Duke of Kiev, who were canonised by the Russian Church. |
 | | Vasily Papin was the ambassador sent by Ivan III to the court of Farrukh Yasar, Shah of Shirvan, a north-western region of Azerbaijan. |
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