Boris Pushkin
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Boris Pushkin, Russian Борис Иванович Пушкин (ca. 1590–1659) was a Russian diplomat and officeholder.
Between 1610 and 1619 Boris Pushkin was in Polish captivity together with Patriarch Filaret
and other members of the Russian embassy. He was the head of the Great Embassy to Sweden in 1632–33, and in 1649 an envoy to Sweden. Pushkin was a deputy chief of the criminal police department ("Razboiny prikaz
") under Yuri Suleshev (1630–34) and Yuri Sitsky (1641–42), and in 1646 became its chief. In 1635–39 he was a governor of Mangazeya
.
Boris Pushkin was Aleksey Trubetskoy
's brother-in-law.
Between 1610 and 1619 Boris Pushkin was in Polish captivity together with Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret
Patriarch Filaret may refer to:*Patriarch Filaret of Moscow and all Rus*Patriarch Filaret of Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy, former Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine of the Russian Orthodox Church...
and other members of the Russian embassy. He was the head of the Great Embassy to Sweden in 1632–33, and in 1649 an envoy to Sweden. Pushkin was a deputy chief of the criminal police department ("Razboiny prikaz
Prikaz
Prikaz was an administrative or judicial office in Muscovy and Russia of 15th-18th centuries. The term is usually translated as "ministry", "office" or "department". In modern Russian "prikaz" means administrative or military order...
") under Yuri Suleshev (1630–34) and Yuri Sitsky (1641–42), and in 1646 became its chief. In 1635–39 he was a governor of Mangazeya
Mangazeya
Mangazeya was a Northwest Siberian trans-Ural trade colony and later city in the 16-17th centuries. Founded in 1600, it was situated on the Taz River, between the lower courses of the Ob and Yenisei Rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean....
.
Boris Pushkin was Aleksey Trubetskoy
Aleksey Trubetskoy
Aleksey Nikitich Trubetskoy was the last Prince of Trubetsk 1634–1645, and 17 March 1660 – June 1672, the godfather of Peter I of Russia.Under Tsar Michael's rule Aleksey...
's brother-in-law.