Vasily Golitsyn (born 1643)
Life
Golitsyn spent his early days at the court of
The
In home affairs his influence was insignificant, but his foreign policy was distinguished by the
Only with the utmost difficulty could Sophia get the young tsar Peter to decorate the defeated commander-in-chief as if he had returned a victor. In the political contest between Sophia and Peter of August–September 1689, Golitsyn half-heartedly supported his mistress and shared her ruin. Peter spared his life - owing to the supplications of his cousin Boris - but deprived him of his boyardom, confiscated his estates and banished him successively to Kargopol, to Mezen and to Kholmogory, where he died on 21 April 1714.[1]
Golitsyn was unusually well educated. He was a great friend of foreigners, who generally alluded to him as "the great Golitsyn".[1] He expounded to them some drastic reform measures, such as the abolition of serfdom, the promotion of religious toleration, and the development of industrial enterprises. As Golitsyn was eager to avoid all forms of violence and repression, his program was more cautious and "realistic" than that of Peter the Great. Political upheavals prevented him from executing any of these plans.[citation needed]
Sources
- Derek Wilson (2010) Peter the Great, p. 8, 13,37.
References
- ^ a b c d e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Golitsuin, Vasily Vasilevich". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 225–226.
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