The official image of Siberia in Moscow state of the end of the 16th – early 17th century

This work focuses on the study of the diplomatic methods that formed an image of Siberia in the Russian State at the end of the 16 th – early 17 th centuries and how it was presented to foreigners. As a result of the study and comparison of the embassy documents and the sources of internal record keeping in Muscovy, the parameters of distortion of facts for foreigners about the evaluation of the defeat of Khan Kuchum in 1598 and the reliability of indigenous Siberian people in the Time of Troubles are analyzed. The conclusion is made about the overestimated success of the Russian policy in Siberia aimed at strengthening the rights of Moscow in this region and emphasizing the power of the Russian Tsar.