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Slovo (Uppsala), 2010, No. 51, pp. 7–32 ISSN: 0348-744XJournal of Slavic Languages and LiteraturesIsaak Torčakov och diakerna: kring den äldre svenskaslavistikens historiaAlexander I. Pereswetoff-MorathKungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademienapm@slav.su.seAbstract: Isaak Torčakov and the diaker: In the margins of early Swedish SlavonicStudiesIsa(a)k Sergeev syn Torčakov was long known to scholarship as an Ingrian Orthodox priest andtranslator of the Russo-Slavonic Lutheran catechism printed at Stockholm in 1628. In the 1970s and1980s, however, it was shown that this translation was mainly the work of the German Hans Flörich.When at the same time the title accorded to Torčakov in Swedish sources (diak) was revisited, heappeared, furthermore, to have been a mere secular scribe, possessing little theological expertise. Theconclusion of some scholars was that the diak had done little more than produce a fair copy ofFlörich’s translation and then correct the plates at the printing office. Drawing on largely unknownsources, this paper locates Torčakov in his native province, showing that he was one of the mostversatile scribes of Swedish Ingria (though arguably not the most learned one). A sacristan orprecentor (d’jačok), he served at various local churches from the 1610s or 1620s until the early 1650s.He was also a corn clerk and a schoolteacher, and served, in the 1640s, as secretary to the city councilof Ivangorod, centre of Orthodox Ingria. The paper also discusses more generally the function of thoseIngrian church officials whom 17th-century Swedes knew as diaker (d’jački).И ты, попами воскормленный,Дьячком псалтире обученный,Ужасный критикам старик!——— А. С. ПУШКИН, «Тень Фон-Визина»1. Historiografins domTvå personer hade med säkerhet en hand i hur den vid Peter van SelowsStockholmsofficin år 1628 tryckta slaviska katekesen fick sitt slutliga språkligauttryck: översättaren Hans Flörich och ”diaken […] correctorn” Isa(a)k Sergeev synTorčakov. Av dessa har den senare, efter att i början av 1900-talet felaktigt ha hyllats7