Boris Ivanovich Morozov (Russian

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, Борис Иванович Морозов) (1590–1661) was a Muscovite

Moscow

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 statesman

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 and boyar

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 who led the Russia

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n government during the early reign of Tsar Alexis, whose tutor and brother-in-law he was.

During his long career at the Kremlin

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 court, Morozov supervised a number of government departments (called prikaz

Prikaz

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y) – Grand Treasury

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, Streltsy

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, Pharmacy

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, and Payroll

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. Aspiring to increase treasury

Treasury

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’s income

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, Morozov reduced salaries of state employees and introduced a high indirect salt

Salt

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 tax

Tax

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. These measures caused the Salt Riot

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 of 1648. The rebels demanded Morozov's handover, but the tsar

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 hid him in his palace

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 and then sent him in a fictitious exile

Exile

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 into the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

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. After four months, however, Morozov returned to Moscow

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.

In 1649, Morozov took active part in preparing the Sobornoye Ulozheniye

Sobornoye Ulozheniye

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, a legal code which would survive well into the 19th century. In the early 1650s, while maintaining a low profile, he was still in the charge of the Muscovite

Muscovite

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 government. He owned 55,000 peasants and a number of mill

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s, distilleries, factories that produced iron

Iron

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, brick

Brick

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s, and salt

Salt

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. His sister-in-law, Boyarynya Morozova, was involved in the Old Believer movement.