Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn

Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn (born July 30 [July 20, old style], 1654—died Nov. 8 [Oct. 28, O.S.], 1714) was a Russian statesman who played a major role during the early years of the reign of Peter I the Great (ruled 1682–1725). A nobleman whose clan descended from the 14th-century Lithuanian grand duke Gediminas, Golitsyn became a court chamberlain (1676) and Peter’s tutor. Although Peter’s half-sister, the regent Sophia Alekseyevna (ruled 1682–89), favoured him with an appointment...