Balakirev Ivan

Born in 1699, served under Peter I; was prosecuted in the process of Mons. Punished and sent into exile, B. returned on the accession of Catherine I, and promoted to lieutenants of the Life Guards Regiment. Upon the death of Catherine I, he remained at the court of the approximate man, playing the role of the official jester, he enjoyed a special position of Empress Anna. Year of death was not known. KA. Field in 1830 published a "Collection of jokes Balakirev, though the former buffoon Peter I, but here includes numerous anecdotes and witty remarks, taken from various sources, among other things foreign.