Herberstein, Sigismund

Herberstein, Sigismund (1486 -1566) - German baron, diplomat and traveler. Large services rendered empire, by negotiating with the Turks and Poles. At the head of diplomatic. mission imp. Maximilian I visited Russia in 1516, and in 1523 -1527 traveled to Russia on behalf of the Archduke Ferdinand. In order to create a coalition of state-in for the fight against the Turks unsuccessfully sought peace between Russia and Poland, insisting on the transfer of Poland, Smolensk. Herberstein - author of 'Notes on Muscovite affairs' containing Geographical. description of Russia and characterization of its akonomich