Commemoration book of Malyuta Skuratov from the Joseph-Volokolamsk monastery: an experience of deciphering

The article is devoted to the analysis and deciphering of the ancestral Commemoration Book of Malyuta Skuratov from the death-bills of the Joseph-Volokolamsky Monastery. This material is compared with the other Commemoration Books of Skuratov from the Novodevichy Convent and Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery. The analysis improves the knowledge about the genealogy of Malyuta Skuratov and the relations within the Belsky clan. The Commemoration Book has regular features that can help to decipher other synodic records.