Travelogues of Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy in the capacity of Croatization of Boka Kotorska in contemporary historiography

Abstract

In the paper, the criticism of the quotations of Croatian linguist Mario Grčević, whom, by referring to a detail from the travelogue of the Russian diplomat PyotrAndreyevich Tolstoy, argues that Croats were at the end of the 17th century the dominant population of Boka Kotorska was done. By the analyse of all data from Tolstoy's travelogue which speak on the population of Boka Kotorska and its mutual opposition, it was shown in the paper that Grčević, neglecting methodology, criticized the source and made some failures, which made his statement suggestive and untrue from factograhical point of view.

Keywords

• pyotr andreyevich tolstoy
• mario gečević
• boka kotorska
• source criticism
• croatization