Yemelyan Ignatievich Ukraintsev (; September 12 or 23, 1641–1708) was a

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and

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. Ukraintsev started his career in

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in 1660 as a ''

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'' (; ''hypodiakonos'' from

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means "assistant servant") in the ''

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'' (Diplomacy Department). He served under the supervision of

Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin Afanasy Lavrentievich Ordin-Nashchokin (; 1605–1680) was a Russian statesman. He was a '' diak'' of the '' posolsky prikaz'' (foreign ministry). He was the first junior noble to attain the boyar title and highest offices of state not as a resul ...

, which whom he would go on a

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in 1662-1663. Ukraintsev took part in signing the

Treaty of Andrusovo The Truce of Andrusovo (, , also sometimes known as Treaty of Andrusovo) established a thirteen-and-a-half year truce, signed on between the Tsardom of Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which had fought the Russo-Polish War sin ...

with

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in 1667. In 1672-1673, he was sent as an

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, and the

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, where Ukraintsev conducted

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regarding these countries' participation in military campaigns against

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. When

Artamon Matveev Artamon Sergeyevich Matveyev (; – ) was a Russian statesman, diplomat and reformer. He served as the head ('' dyak'') of the foreign ministry (''Posolsky prikaz'') from 1671 to 1676 during the reign of Alexis of Russia, succeeding Afanasy Or ...

fell into disgrace in 1676, Ukraintsev unofficially took charge of the ''Posolsky Prikaz''. In 1677, he was sent to Warsaw as a second

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. In 1679, Ukraintsev met with

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Ivan Samoylovych Ivan Samoylovych (, , ; died 1690) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win Right-bank Ukraine from P ...

to negotiate joint military action against the

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. Ironically, he also participated in Samoylovych's deposition during the Crimean campaigns in 1687. In 1686, Ukraintsev took part in signing the Eternal Peace Treaty with Poland. In 1689, Ukraintsev and

Vasily Galitzine Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn (, tr. ; 1643–1714) was a Russian aristocrat and statesman of the 17th century. He belonged to the Golitsyn as well as Romodanovsky Muscovite noble families. His main political opponent was his cousin Princ ...

(then head of the Posolsky Prikaz) had to flee from the

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. After Galitzine's deposition, Yemelyan Ukraintsev joined his opponents and officially took charge of the ''Posolsky Prikaz'', keeping this post for ensuing ten years. In 1699, he was appointed ambassador to

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, where he would manage to sign a 30-year peace treaty with the Porte on favorable conditions on July 3, 1700 ( Treaty of Constantinople). Upon his return from Turkey, Ukraintsev was appointed head of the '' Proviantsky Prikaz'' (Provisions Department). He kept this post until 1706, when he was accused of misuse, subjected to

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, and fined. Another historical account claims that Ukraintsev was also forced to make mantles and 1400

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s for the Preobrazhensky and

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s. Despite this incident, his diplomatic career continued. In 1707-1708, Ukraintsev was appointed ambassador to Poland together with

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Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov Prince Vasiliy Lukich Dolgorukov (; 1672 8 November 1739) was a Russian diplomat and political minister who was the most powerful man in the country in the later years of Peter II's reign. A male-line descendant of the legendary prince Rurik, ...

. Ukraintsev died in 1708 at

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while on a mission to

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to reconcile

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with the

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References

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