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'''Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky''' (Rus. ''Ива́н Бори́сович Черка́сский''; c. 1580 – 4 April 1642) was a Russian statesman, forwho 20served yearsas the head of government for 20 years under his cousin [[Tsar Mikhail]], the first [[Tsar]] of the [[House of Romanov]]. He was the only son of Boris Kambulatovich Cherkassky and Marfa Nikitichna Romanova, a sister of [[Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov)|Patriarch Filaret]]. In his cousinyouth Cherkassky was a friend of [[Grigory Otrepyev]]. In 1599 he was arrested together with other prominent members of the [[Romanovs]]' party, and was exiled in 1601, but returned to Moscow in 1602.
After [[Mikhail Romanov]]'s electionwas elected to become [[Tsar of Muscovy]] in 1613, Ivan Cherkassky was made a [[boyar]]. After Filaret's administrative reform in 1619 heCherkassky was put in charge of key ministries: the Treasury (in 1621/-22), and the [[Streletsky Prikaz]] and [[Aptekarsky Prikaz]] (in 1622/-23)., That mademaking him in essence 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”.▼
Ivan Cherkassky was the only son of Boris Kambulatovich Cherkassky and Marfa Nikitichna Romanova, a sister of [[Patriarch Filaret (Feodor Romanov)|Patriarch Filaret]]. In his youth he was a friend of [[Grigory Otrepyev]]. In 1599 he was arrested together with other prominent members of [[Romanovs]]' party, in 1601 exiled, but soon, in 1602 returned to Moscow.
A contemporary in 1634 wrote that Ivan Cherkassky managed affairs wellcompetently and didn't allow bureaucratic red tape whatever ato petitionerinterfere maywith havepotential beenpetitioners.▼
▲After [[Mikhail Romanov]]'s election in 1613 Ivan Cherkassky was made a [[boyar]]. After Filaret's administrative reform in 1619 he was put in charge of key ministries: Treasury (1621/22), [[Streletsky Prikaz]] and [[Aptekarsky Prikaz]] (1622/23). That made him in essence a de facto head of government. He was also the richest man in Moscow.
Cherkassky was married to Evdokia Vasilievna Morozova, a cousin of [[Boris Morozov]]. [[Adam Olearius]] mentioned her outstanding beauty. andCherkassky thatdied though she didn't want to be bleached and rouged, public opinion made her do sochildless.▼
[[Isaac Massa]], in a 1624 report for the Swedish government, reported that Prince Ivan Borisovich Cherkassky was the head of the “military council”: “In general they think that he shall receive the whole direction of the government.”
▲A contemporary in 1634 wrote that Ivan Cherkassky managed affairs well and didn't allow red tape whatever a petitioner may have been.
▲Cherkassky was married to Evdokia Vasilievna Morozova, a cousin of [[Boris Morozov]]. [[Adam Olearius]] mentioned her outstanding beauty and that though she didn't want to be bleached and rouged, public opinion made her do so.
He died childless.
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