Dolgorukov, Mikhail Yuryevich

In 1658, Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov was granted royal attendants . Thanks to the military merit of his father, Yuri Alekseevich Dolgorukov, Mikhail began to quickly climb the office ladder. On March 17, 1661, Mikhail Dolgorukov was appointed Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich room steward . In 1670, Prince Mikhail Yuryevich accompanied his father, appointed by the commander-in-chief of the tsarist troops during the suppression of the popular uprising under the leadership of Stepan Timofeyevich Razin . In 1671, after the suppression of the uprising and the return to Moscow, Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov was granted from the attendants right in the boyars . At the same time, the young prince Mikhail Dolgorukov became the guardian of Tsarevich Fyodor Alekseevich , who was very attached to him and loved him. Boyarin Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov enjoyed the special location of Fyodor Alekseevich until his death.

In 1676, after the death of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and the accession to the royal throne of his son Fedor Alekseevich ( 1676 - 1682 ), the boyar Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov received new positions and appointments at the court. In 1677 he was appointed as the near boyar , governor of Suzdal and the head of the order of the Kazan Palace. In 1679, the boyar Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov, together with Prince Mikhail Alegukovich Cherkassky, was sent at the head of the Russian army to protect Kiev from the expected attack of the Turkish army. In 1680 he received in his control the Foreign and Discharge orders . In addition, Mikhail Dolgorukov was appointed assistant to his old father, Prince Yuri Alekseevich, the head of the Khlebny , Smolensk and Streletsky orders. In fact, Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov ruled these orders for his father. Thus, by the end of the reign of Fedor Alekseevich, in the hands of M. Yu. Dolgorukov almost all the most important levers of government were concentrated. Boyar Prince Prince Mikhail Dolgorukov enjoyed the unlimited power of attorney of the king and played a major role in the elimination of regionalism .

In April 1682, after the death of Tsar Fedor Alekseevich , a power struggle broke out at the court between two factions. The party of Miloslavskys , relatives of the first wife of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich , demanded that the eldest surviving son of Alexei Mikhailovich , Ivan , who was noted for poor health and dementia, be elevated to the royal throne. The party of the Naryshkins , relatives of the second wife of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich , wanted to hand over the kingdom to ten-year-old Peter , son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich from Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina .

During the palace struggle of the boyar, Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov took the side of the Naryshkins' party and supported the candidacy of Tsarevich Peter Alekseevich . However, the supreme power was seized by an energetic princess Sofia Alekseevna , Ivan 's sister and half-sister of Peter , supported by the party of Miloslavskys. May 15, 1682 in Moscow Strelets riot broke out. Boyarin Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov, who actually led the Streletsky order, was unable to take proper measures to pacify the uprising. The Strelets detachments, instigated by agents of the princess Sophia , opposed the Naryshkins' party. Rumors spread that the Naryshkins had killed Tsar Ivan Alekseevich . Armed archers occupied the Kremlin and settled near the Red Porch, demanding the death of the boyars, opponents of Sophia . The widowed queen Natalya Kirillovna brought out the princes Ivan and Peter and showed them to the archers. Boyar Prince Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov went out on the porch, from where he began to scold the archers and demand that they disperse to the barracks. The enraged archers rushed onto the porch, grabbed Dolgorukov and threw him at the spears and berdshis of their comrades, who immediately killed him. At the same time, the rebels archers killed in his house the father of Michael, the old Prince Yuri Alekseevich Dolgorukov . Father and son, Yuri and Mikhail Dolgorukov, were buried in the Epiphany Monastery.

Prince Mikhail Yuryevich Dolgorukov was married to Princess Praskovya Vasilyevna Golitsyna, daughter of Prince Vasily Andreyevich Golitsyn . Children: Ivan Mikhailovich Dolgorukov ( 1662 - 1685 ), Tsar Peter Alekseevich's room steward , Pyotr Dolgorukov (approx. 1663 - 1708 ), Peter's Petrov’s room, Vladimir Dolgorukov (approx. 1665 - 1716 ), Peter’s roomist , Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Vladikov (about 1665 - 1716 ), Peter the Great , Vasiliy Mikhaylovichi Mikhaylovich Vladikorovich (about 1665 - 1716 ), Peter the Great , Vasily Mihailovych room, and Vasily Mihailovych Nikolayevichikov Mikhailovich Dolgorukov (approx. 1665 - 1716 ), Peter the Great , Vasily Mikhailovich Dolgorukov (ca. 1665 - 1716 ) (ca. 1667 - 1724 ), room steward of Tsar Peter Alekseevich , Evdokia Mikhailovna Dolgorukov (ca. 1669 - 1742 ).

• Dolgorukov, Mikhail Yuryevich // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.
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