Alexey Cherkassky
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Alexey Mikhailovich Cherkassky | |
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| Other names | Aleksey Mikhailovich Tcherkassky |
| Occupation | Russian Chancellor |
Life
Prince Cherkassky stemmed from one of Russia's richest families which descended from the sovereign rulers of Circassia, a relation to Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky. His surname translates as "Circassian".
In 1702, Prince Cherkassky held a post of senior
stolnik (tsar's personal assistant) and was soon assigned to assist his father, Prince Mikhail Yakovlevich Cherkassky, who had been a voivod in Tobolsk at that time. Tcherkassky served under his father for 10 years and in 1714 was summoned to Saint Petersburg
. There, he was appointed member of the Urban Construction Commission.
In 1719,
serfs he owned at that time, was in charge of the gentry party, which had been in opposition to the verkhovniki (members of the Supreme Privy Council
).
For his services to the Crown he was appointed one of the three
cabinet ministers and was promoted to the rank of grand chancellor in 1740. As a cabinet minister, Tcherkassky signed a trade agreement with Great Britain in 1734. In his post as chancellor, he signed a treaty with Prussia
in 1740 and Great Britain in 1741.
A Baroque palace built for Prince Cherkassky on
Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace
.
References
- ISSN 0165-1153.
- ^ "ЭСБЕ/Черкасский, Алексей Михайлович — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
External links
Media related to Aleksey Cherkassky at Wikimedia Commons
