Prince Andrey Mikhailovich Kurbsky (1528?-1583) was a Russian political figure, military leader, and political philosopher, known as an intimate friend and then a leading political opponent of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. He defected to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania around 1564, in the midst of the Livonian War.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1528 to 1583 · aged 55
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