Fyodor Leontyevich Shaklovity () (

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- ,

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) was a Russian

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best known as a staunch adherent of the

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Sophia Alekseyevna Sophia Alekseyevna ( rus, Со́фья Алексе́евна, p=ˈsofʲjə ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvnə; ) was a Russian princess who ruled as regent of Russia from 1682 to 1689. She allied herself with a singularly capable courtier and politician, Pri ...

, who had promoted him from a regular

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to a member of the

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and

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. Fyodor Shaklovity was then appointed head of the

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after the execution of Ivan Khovansky in the aftermath of the

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. Fyodor Shaklovity is known to have been one of the foremost advisers of Sophia Alekseyevna in

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, along with Vasily Golitsyn. In 1688, he was sent to

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to seek participation of Hetman Mazepa's army in

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's campaign against

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. Upon his return from this mission, Fyodor Shaklovity began to incite the

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to come out against the young Peter Alexeyevich and Naryshkin family and demand Sophia Alekseyevna's coronation. His efforts turned out to be fruitless. Soon, Fyodor Shaklovity and his Streltsy accomplices were delivered to Peter Alexeyevich. After an official interrogation with the use of torture, Fyodor Shaklovity was executed on October 11, 1689. Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона
/ref> A vast criminal case against him was published in four volumes in 1887–1890. Shaklovity appears as a morally ambivalent character in

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's opera ''

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'', sung as a bass-baritone.

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