Boris Ivanovich Morozov (russian: Борис Иванович Морозов; 1590 – 1661) was a Russian
statesman
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who led the
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n government during the early reign of
Tsar Alexis
Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...
. Morozov came from a long noble line, yet was poor before his appointments.
In 1634, when Tsarevich Alexis was five years old, Morozov was appointed as his tutor. This began Morozov's influence on the Russian court and affairs.
[Montefiore, p. 96]
On 17 January 1648, Morozov procured the marriage of the tsar with
Maria Miloslavskaya, himself marrying her sister, Anna, ten days later, both daughters of
Ilya Danilovich Miloslavsky.
During his long career at the
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court, Morozov supervised a number of government departments (called
prikazy) – Grand
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,
Streltsy,
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