Ivan Cherkassky
Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky (Rus. Ива́н Бори́сович Черка́сский; c. 1580 – 4 April 1642) was a Russian statesman who served as the head of government for 20 years under his cousin
Romanovs
' party, and was exiled in 1601, but returned to Moscow in 1602.
After
Streletsky Prikaz and Aptekarsky Prikaz in 1622-23, making him 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 Cherkassky was also the head of the “military council”.
A contemporary in 1634 wrote that Ivan Cherkassky managed affairs competently and didn't allow bureaucratic red tape to interfere with potential petitioners.
Cherkassky was married to Evdokia Vasilievna Morozova, a cousin of Boris Morozov. Adam Olearius mentioned her outstanding beauty. Cherkassky died childless.
References
- This article includes content derived from the Russian Biographical Dictionary, 1896–1918.
- Paul Bushkovitch, Princes Cherkasskii or Circassian Murzas. The Kabardians in the Russian boyar elite, 1560-1700, in: Cahiers du Monde russe 45, 1-2, 2004, p. 9-30.