Ivan Cherkassky
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Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky (Rus. Ива́н Бори́сович Черка́сский, ca. 1580-4 April 1642) was a Russian statesman, for 20 years head of government under Tsar Mikhail, his cousin.
Ivan Cherkassky was the only son of Boris Kambulatovich Cherkassky and Marfa Nikitichna Romanova, a sister of Patriarch Filaret
. In his youth he was a friend of Grigory Otrepyev. In 1599 he was arrested together with other prominent members of Romanovs' party, in 1601 exiled, but soon, in 1602 returned to Moscow.
After Mikhail Romanov's election in 1613 Ivan Cherkassky was made a boyar
. After Filaret's administrative reform in 1619 he was put in charge of key ministries: Treasury (1621/22), Streletsky Prikaz and Aptekarsky Prikaz (1622/23). That made him in essence a de facto head of government. He was also the richest man in Moscow.
Isaac Massa
, in a 1624 report for the Swedish government, reported that Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky was the head of the “military council”: “In general they think that he shall receive the whole direction of the government.”
A contemporary in 1634 wrote that Ivan Cherkassky managed affairs well and didn't allow red tape whatever a petitioner may have been.
Cherkassky was married to Evdokia Vasilievna Morozova, a cousin of Boris Morozov
. Adam Olearius
mentioned her outstanding beauty and that though she didn't want to be bleached and rouged, public opinion made her do so.
He died childless.
Ivan Cherkassky was the only son of Boris Kambulatovich Cherkassky and Marfa Nikitichna Romanova, a sister of Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret may refer to:*Patriarch Filaret of Moscow and all Rus*Patriarch Filaret of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy, former Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine of the Russian Orthodox Church...
. In his youth he was a friend of Grigory Otrepyev. In 1599 he was arrested together with other prominent members of Romanovs' party, in 1601 exiled, but soon, in 1602 returned to Moscow.
After Mikhail Romanov's election in 1613 Ivan Cherkassky was made a boyar
Boyar
A boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....
. After Filaret's administrative reform in 1619 he was put in charge of key ministries: Treasury (1621/22), Streletsky Prikaz and Aptekarsky Prikaz (1622/23). That made him in essence a de facto head of government. He was also the richest man in Moscow.
Isaac Massa
Isaac Massa
Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa was a Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat, the envoy to Muscovy, author of memoirs witnessing the Time of Troubles and the maps of Eastern Europe and Siberia. He was married to Beatrix van der Laen...
, in a 1624 report for the Swedish government, reported that Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky was the head of the “military council”: “In general they think that he shall receive the whole direction of the government.”
A contemporary in 1634 wrote that Ivan Cherkassky managed affairs well and didn't allow red tape whatever a petitioner may have been.
Cherkassky was married to Evdokia Vasilievna Morozova, a cousin of Boris Morozov
Boris Morozov
Boris Ivanovich Morozov was a Muscovite statesman and boyar who led the Russian government during the early reign of Tsar Alexis, whose tutor and brother-in-law he was....
. Adam Olearius
Adam Olearius
Adam Olearius , born Adam Ölschläger or Oehlschlaeger, was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian...
mentioned her outstanding beauty and that though she didn't want to be bleached and rouged, public opinion made her do so.
He died childless.