Kapustin, M. N.

Kapustin, M. N. "Diplomatic Relations of Russia with Western Europe in the Second Half of the 17th Century", Moscow. At the University Printing House, 1852.

This work constitutes the author's master's dissertation, defended at Moscow University.

Mikhail Nikolayevich Kapustin (1828–1899) — an eminent Russian jurist, specialist in international law, history of state and law, as well as a prominent statesman and educator.

He was born into a noble family in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, where he subsequently (from 1852 to 1870) held the chair of international law. In 1870, he was appointed director of the Demidov Legal Lyceum in Yaroslavl, which under his leadership gained nationwide fame and became one of the most progressive legal educational institutions in the country. From 1883, he served as curator of the Dorpat educational district, and from 1891, of the St. Petersburg educational district. He held the rank of Actual Privy Councillor.

Author of the first systematic Russian textbooks on international law and founder of the discipline of "universal history of law". He is also known for having lectured on international law to the future Emperor Nicholas II.

This historical work, dedicated to Russia's foreign policy in the 17th century. The work of M. N. Kapustin (1828–1899) became one of the first studies to systematically examine the diplomatic relations of the Muscovite state with European countries.