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Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin

Type Figure Region Russia Time c. 1605–1680 Also known as Ordin-Nashchokin

Russian diplomat and reformer (c. 1605–1680) who concluded the 1667 Truce of Andrusovo, gaining Smolensk, and issued a new trade statute.

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  1. c. 1605–1642Pskov region · PskovBorn into a minor landowning family in the Pskov region, he was educated in mathematics and foreign languages, joined the army at fifteen, and took part in the 1642 Russo-Swedish border negotiations, showing diplomatic talent.
  2. 1650–1658Livonian border · BalticDuring the Russo-Polish War he served as governor of western districts; in 1657 he became plenipotentiary to Sweden and in 1658 secured the three-year Truce of Valiesar, allowing Russia to keep its Livonian conquests.
  3. 1664–1671Moscow · MoscowNegotiations in 1667 produced the Truce of Andrusovo, by which Russia gained Smolensk, Kiev, and the left bank of the Dnieper; he was made a boyar and head of the Foreign Office, styled Russia's first chancellor, and promoted a new trade statute the same year.
  4. 1672–1680Pskov · PskovIn 1672 court rivals forced him from power and he was sent into retirement at a Pskov monastery, dying in 1680; his mercantilist and westward-opening policies had lasting influence.

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