The organizational structure of the Ambassadorial Prikaz

The article examines the organizational structure of the Ambassadorial Prikaz in the XVII – early XVIII centuries. It consisted of a group of errands that consisted of the duties of an old clerk. Since the beginning of the 1670s, the term "povyt'e" has been used to designate a department (structural subdivision) of the prikaz. During the study, it was possible to identify several ways of forming povyt'ya. For individual periods, the list of clerks who were part of each division has been established. For the first time, materials on areas of activity for povytij for the entire period of the department's organizational structure have been summarized.