“...Leveque says that Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich established the Secret Chancellery, and, like an easy French author, he adds: “It’s a pity!” He was, however, a good sovereign!” We know how, for the most part, the French write history, and we are not surprised. Much more important is that Mr. Schletser, who was for several years a professor of Russian history at our Academy - (a foreign professor of Russian history!!) - joking at Leveque, and calling him not a Historian, but an engraver-Leveque, also attributes the establishment of the Secret Chancellery to Alexei Mikhailovich ..."The work is given in the pre-reform alphabet.