ARTAMON SERGYEEVICH See also:

• ARTAMON SERGYEEVICH MATVYEEV ( -1682)

MATVYEEV ( -1682)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian statesman and reformer, was one of the greatest of the precursors of See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great . His parentage and the date of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth are uncertain . Apparently his birth was humble, but when the obscure figure of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young Artamon emerges into the See also:

• LIGHT

light of See also:

• HISTORY

history we find him equipped at all points with the newest ideas, absolutely See also:

• FREE

free from the worst prejudices of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, a ripe See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, and even an author of some distinction . In 1671 the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar Alexius and Artamon were already on intimate terms, and on the retirement of See also:

• ORDUIN

Orduin-Nashchokin See also:

• MATVYEEV, ARTAMON SERGYEEVICH ( -1682)

Matvyeev became the tsar's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief counsellor . It was at his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, full of all the wondrous, See also:

• HALF

half-forbidden novelties of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, that Alexius, after the See also:

• DEATH

death of his first See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort, Martha, met Matvyeev's favourite See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, the beautiful Natalia Naruishkina, whom he married on the 21st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1672 . At the end of the See also:

• YEAR

year Matvyeev was raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of okolnichy, and on the 1st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1674 attained the still higher dignity of See also:

• BOYAR (Russ. boyarin, plur. boyare)

boyar . Matvyeev remained See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount to the end of the reign and introduced See also:

• PLAY

play-acting and all sorts of refining western novelties into Muscovy . The deplorable See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of Alexius's immediate successor, See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore III. suggested to Matvyeev thedesirability of elevating to the See also:

• THRONE

throne the sturdy little tsarevich Peter, then in his See also:

• FOURTH

fourth year . He See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased the See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance of the stryeltsi, or musketeers, and then, summoning the boyars of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, earnestly represented to them that Theodore, scarce able to live, was surely unable to reign, and urged the substitution of little Peter . But the reactionary boyars, among whom were the near kinsmen of Theodore, proclaimed him tsar and Matvyeev was banished to Pustozersk, in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, where he remained till Theodore's death (See also:

• APRIL

April 27, 1682) . Immediately afterwards Peter was proclaimed tsar by the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch, and the first See also:

• UKAZ, or UKASE (Russ., from ukazat, a shortened form of ukazlivat, to show, announce, prescribe)

ukaz issued in Peter's name summoned Matvyeev to return to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as chief adviser to the tsaritsa Natalia . He reached See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow on the 15th of May, prepared " to See also:

• LAY

lay down his See also:

• LIFE

life for the tsar," and at once proceeded to the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Red See also:

• STAIRCASE

Staircase to meet and argue with the assembled stryeltsi, who had been instigated to See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel by the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-Petrine See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction .

He had already succeeded in partially pacifying them, when one of their colonels began to abuse the still hesitating and suspicious musketeers . Infuriated, they seized and flung Matvyeev into the square below, where he was hacked to pieces by their comrades . See R . Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, The First Romanovs (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1905) ; M . P . Pogodin, The First Seventeen Years of the Life of Peter the Great (Rus.), (Moscow, 1875) ; S . M . Solovev, History of Russia (Rus.), (vols . 12, 13, (St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, 1895, &c.) ; L . Shchepotev, A.S.Matvyeev as an Educational and See also:

• POLITICAL

Political Reformer (Rus.), (St Petersburg, 1906) . (R . N .