Adam Olearius tells us that he liked foreign music, dressed himself and even his servants in European clothes, and insisted on clean-shaven faces for his servitors and subordinates, as against the normal Russian custom of keeping beards.
According to Adam Olearius, he appreciated foreign music, dressed himself and his servants in European fashion, and insisted on clean-shaven faces for his servants and subordinates, a departure from the customary Russian custom of keeping beards.