The article explores the fate of five immigrants, who arrived in Russia with the first Russian embassy that visited Constantinople after the Time of Troubles. Based on the sources that are for the first time introduced into scientific circulation, we trace how they adapted to the new conditions. All these foreigners entered Russian military service. However, one of them was able to use his knowledge of both the Russian and the Greek languages and was appointed a translator in the Posolskiy prikaz . Other immigrants served in the units of foreign servicemen and took part in the suppression of the Cossack uprisings, defended Moscow from the troops of the Polish Prince Vladislav, and fought in some battles of the Smolensk war, though not quite successfully. One more immigrant turned out on the southern borders of Russia: first in Kazan, then in Tula. These biographies help to trace the role of the «Greek» military in the Russian army, as well as the degree of cohesion and mutual assistance within the «Greek» community.
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