Bogdan Khitrovo
Bogdan Matveyevich Khitrovo (
Simeon of Polotsk
, the first Russian poet.
It appears likely that Khitrovo was born in Grigoryevskoye, his father's estate in the region of
Simbirsk
, which has an equestrian monument in his honor.
Starting in 1648, Khitrovo pursued a brilliant career at court. He was in charge of many
naturalism
in Russian icon-painting.
Khitrovo was related through his mother to the powerful
the Kremlin
palaces, as well as other state estate, including several million of serfs.
The old boyar made a bequest of the
Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra and other monasteries. According to his will, all his kholops (slaves) were set free. His tomb is in the crypt of the Novodevichy Convent
cathedral.
References
- (in Russian) Khitrovo's Biography, by V. A. Gurkin