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Khitrovo (Хитрово) Bogdan Matveyevich (Хитрово) (1615– 1680)

Bogdan Matveyevich Khitrovo was a high-placed Russian statesman, or boyar, who served Tsar Alexis and his son Fyodor III, supporting the party of Maria Miloslavskaya. He is also noted for his patronage of icon-painter Simon Ushakov and Simeon of Polotsk, the first Russian poet. It appears likely that Khitrovo was born in Grigoryevskoye, his... More...

Russia, 2010, Khitrovo monument in Ulianovsk