MAIN, JAMES [SSNE 4005]

Surname

MAIN

First name

JAMES

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

James Main was a colonel in the Tsar's army in the 1650s and a Protestant. In 1659 he was accused of perjury against a Moscow pastor, but pardoned. However, he was sent to Siberia, probably for fighting a duel.

W. Barnhill and P. Dukes, 'North-east Scots in Muscovy in the seventeenth century' in Northern Scotland, vol. 1, no. 1, 1972, pp.49-63.

Service record

RUSSIA, RUSSIAN ARMY

Arrived 1650-01-01, as COLONEL

Departed 1659-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY