- Ilya Miloslavsky
Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky ( _ru. Илья Данилович Милославский) (1594 - 1668) was a
Russia nboyar anddiplomat .Ilya Miloslavsky was brought forward by the head of the
Posolsky Prikaz Ivan Gramotin , who had been his uncle. Miloslavsky was soon sent toConstantinople with a message fromtsar Alexei Mikhailovich, who wanted to establish a cordial relationship with the Turkishsultan . In 1646, Miloslavsky went tothe Netherlands with orders to selectgunsmith s for a Russian weapons factory and invite foreign officers and soldiers to serve inRussia .When Alexei Mikhailovich married his daughter Maria, Miloslavsky, as the tsar's father-in-law, began to play a more visible role at the royal court. During the Polish campaigns of 1654-1655, he was appointed court
voyevoda . In 1656-1662, Miloslavsky was in charge of the Streltsy Prikaz,Treasury Prikaz ,Inozemsky Prikaz , andReiter Prikaz . His foreign contemporaries considered him a self-interested and dull-witted individual.According to an Austrian diplomat
Augustin Meyerberg (author of "Journey to the Muscovy"), the tsar did not respect Miloslavsky, never called him his father-in-law, and even pulled him by the hair and hit him with his fist on several occasions. It was Miloslavsky who built theAmusement Palace in theMoscow Kremlin .
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