Golitsyn, Boris

In 1674, Mr.. appointed stolnik Prince Theodore. Career Golitsyn not broke and Sofia, appointing him head of the Kazan Palace, although he belonged to the party Naryshkins. Piotr Galitzine has always been faithful, . and during the decisive struggle of Peter to Sophia became the leader of his party, . despite, . that before it failed to plan to marry Peter's Princess Troubetzkoy, . Peter and his wife became the enemies of Golitsyn's candidate - L,
. Naryshkin and T. Streshneva, Lopuchin (1688 - 89). However, compromised protection VV. Golitsyn, B. A. had to cede first place Naryshkin. When in 1694, after the death of Queen Natalia and fall A. Naryshkin power again shifted to Golitsyn (boyar from 1690), he was unable to keep its more than two weeks, "Since man was funny". Remains, however, in the grace and the head of the Kazan Palace, Golitsyn during his trip abroad Peter (1697 - 98) was with L. Naryshkin and Prince P. Prozorovskii member of the commission, who looked after the affairs of the State. In 1705, Mr.. Astrakhan rebellion broke. Heavy fiscal oppression and the moral failure of Peter's reforms were compounded at the bottom of the autocratic and ruinous to the public activities of a negligent about business and defraud the ruler of the area, which included Astrakhan. Peter was very angry and revolt, and "insane letter" Golitsyn, "exceedingly" him "in sumnene" led, and about 1707 g. Golitsyn was dismissed. However, private location of Peter he retained until death, a year before a haircut in monks. Golitsyn was in its time-educated man, but of Western culture, he learned more in external form than its inner content. He loved and knew how to live happily (in a letter to Peter: "You're having a little fun in, and I'm drinking, then all one thing"), his companions found in the German settlement, where, and began to carry the young Peter. In his government work Golitsyn combined despotism of the feudal lord of negligence and dishonesty clerk businessman. - See. "Archives of Prince F. Kurakina "(Saratov, 1896), literature and the memoirs of the era. S. Ch