Prince Aleksey Nikitich Trubetskoy (; c. 17 March 1600 – 1680) was the last

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

of the

Trubetskoy family The House of Trubetskoy, (; ; ; Ruthenian: ''Trubetsky''; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a Russian gentry family of Ruthenian stock and Lithuanian origin, like many other princely houses of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later prominent in Russian history, science, ...

and a diplomat who was active in negotiations with Poland and Sweden in 1647 and with the ambassadors of

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Zynoviy Bohdan Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky of the Abdank coat of arms (Ruthenian language, Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern , Polish language, Polish: ; 15956 August 1657) was a Ruthenian nobility, Ruthenian noble ...

in 1654. He was the godfather of

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. Under Tsar

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's rule Aleksey Trubetskoy was in disfavour with the powerful Patriarch Filaret and was appointed to govern distant towns of

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and

Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...

. But the situation changed after Michael's death in 1645 and

Alexis I Alexei Mikhailovich (, ; – ), also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. He was the second Russian tsar from the House of Romanov. He was the first tsar to sign laws on his own authority and his council ...

's succession to the throne, when Trubetskoy's close friend

Boris Morozov Boris Ivanovich Morozov (; 1590 – 1661) was a Russian statesman and boyar who led the Russian government during the early reign of Tsar Alexis. Morozov came from a long noble line, yet was poor before his appointments. Life In 1634, when Tsar ...

became a head of government. In 1646, Trubetskoy was appointed a commander of the Tsar's personal Guard regiment. In 1654, Prince Aleksey Trubetskoy on the side of

Alexis I of Russia Alexei Mikhailovich (, ; – ), also known as Alexis, was Tsar of all Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. He was the second Russian tsar from the House of Romanov. He was the first tsar to sign laws on his own authority and his council ...

led the southern flank of the

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from

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to the

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. The territory between the

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and

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rivers was overrun quickly, with Aleksey Trubetskoy taking Mścisław and Rosławl. He defeated both Lithuanian Hetmans Janusz Radziwiłł and Korwin Gosiewski in the

Battle of Shepeleviche The Battle of Shepeleviche (Szepielewicze) or Battle of Ciecierzyn on 24 August 1654 was one of the first battles of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67). It ended with a Russian victory. Battle A small Polish–Lithuanian force of about 5,000 unde ...

. In 1654, the former

Principality of Trubetsk The Principality of Trubetsk (Russian: ''Трубецкое княжество'') was a small, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. The Principality of Trubetsk (Troubchevsk) was a principality in Polesia, about southwest of Bryansk. Middle A ...

was conquered by Aleksey Trubetskoy, Prince of Trubetsk himself, as a result of the

Russo-Polish War (1654-1667) Armed conflicts between Poland (including the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland) and Russia (including the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire, the Tsardom of Russia and the Principality of Moscow) include: : : ...

. In 1656, the second

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army under the command of Trubetskoy advanced in the north of

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, besieged and captured

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. In 1659, a Russian army led by Aleksey Trubetskoy and Ukrainian

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under the command of

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crossed into Ukraine and were partly defeated in a surprise attack by a large Polish-

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-Cossack army led by

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and

Ivan Vyhovsky Ivan Vyhovsky (; ; date of birth unknown, died 1664), a Ukrainian military and political figure and statesman, served as hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and of the Cossack Hetmanate for three years (1657–1659) during the Russo-Polish War (1654 ...

in the

Battle of Konotop The Battle of Konotop or Battle of Sosnivka was fought between a coalition led by the Hetman of Zaporizhian Cossacks Ivan Vyhovsky and cavalry units of the Russian Tsardom under the command of :ru:Пожарский, Семён Романови� ...

. The same year, he negotiated the Second

Treaty of Pereiaslav The Pereiaslav Agreement or Pereyaslav AgreementPereyaslav Agreement

with

Yurii Khmelnytsky Yurii Khmelnytsky ((monastic name: Hedeon), , , ) (1641 – 1685(?)), younger son of the famous Ukrainian Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and brother of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, was a Zaporozhian Cossack political and military leader. Although he spent hal ...

. Trubetskoy was married to Ekaterina Pushkina (died in 1669), a sister of Boyar Boris Pushkin, a prominent statesman. The mother of Aleksey was Eudokia Trubetskaya and his father was Nikita Trubetskoy (16th century – January 1608). He had brothers Wigund-Jeronym Trubetsky and Fyodor Trubetskoy. He had no children and died in 1680, having previously accepted a monastic vow. Thus the Principality of Trubetsk returned to the possession of the Tsar.

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Владимир Волков, кандидат исторических наук. В воинстве счастлив и недругам страшен // ''Родина'' № 11, 2006
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