On the dating of the inscription of “Ivan Skhorosmir” from the Bogoroditse-Rozhdestvensky Solotchinsky Monastery

The paper, written within the framework of the scientific project “Corpus Inscriptionum Rossicarum”, specifies the dating of a commemorative plaque found in 2004 on the territory of the Bogoroditse-Rozhdestvensky Solotchinsky Monastery (Ryazan region). The inscription on the white stone plaque tells about the beginning of the construction of the Pokrovskaya church in the monastery in 1543 and the discovery during the works of the remains of Ivan Smiroslavich Solokhmir, son-in-law of the Grand Duke of Ryazan Ol'g Ivanovich and ancestor of several service families of Ryazan uyezd – Verderevsky, Apraksiny, Krukovy, Rataevy, Khanykovy and others. According to the inscription, the remains of “Schorosmir” (as he is named in the inscription) were reburied “at the request of relatives”, but there are chronological inaccuracies in the text. For this reason, O. I. Khoruzhenko, who investigated this epigraphic monument, came to the conclusion that the monument is a genealogical forgery of the late 17th century. According to the researcher, it was created by Ivan Verderevsky, who wanted to confirm the authenticity of the acts from the family archive, submitted in 1686 to the Chamber of genealogical affairs. The high degree of preservation of the oldest part of the archive of Salakhmir's descendants, copies of which were submitted to the House of Genealogical Affairs, does not give grounds to consider this epigraphic monument a genealogical forgery of the late 17th century. The “Schorosmir's” plate refers to a type of commemorative inscriptions. Judging by the distortion of the name of the ancestor of the Verderevsky, Apraksiny, Khonykovy, etc., the inscription was made by a person not familiar with their genealogy – probably belonging to the brethren of the monastery. The one under study was created long after the discovery of the remains.