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Alexei Basmanov (born 1515 or earlier, died 1570 or 1571) was a boyar influential in the founding of the oprichnina. He was a favorite of Ivan the Terrible until his execution c. 1570.
Biography edit
His father was Daniil Andreyevich Pleshcheev. Daniil Pleshscheev was taken prisoner in the Battle of Orsha in September 1514 and died in Lithuania.[1]
The first mention of Basmanov dates to 1543, on the side of the Princes Shuysky, participating in the persecution of Prince Feodor Vorontsov. He was mentioned by Tsar Ivan as "seditious."[2]
In 1552 he was bestowed the title of okolnichy and participated in the Siege of Kazan.
He was a leading member of the Boyar Duma, and was considered by Skrynnikov to be a representative of the extremists of the Boyar Duma.[2]: 159
He had two sons, Pyotr and Fyodor, the latter of which who also was a favourite of the Tsar and was accused of being the Tsar's lover by Prince Kurbsky and others. In 1555 he participated in the Battle of Sudbishchi, in 1558 he seized Narva.[3]
In 1570 Ivan the Terrible had both Alexei and Fyodor Basmanov arrested under suspicion of conspiracy. According to Kurbsky, Basmanov was executed by his own son.
In popular culture edit
- In Sergei Eisenstein's 1944 epic film Ivan the Terrible, Basmanov was portrayed by Amvrosy Buchma.
- In the 2009 historical film Tsar, Basmanov was portrayed by Aleksandr Domogarov.
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "Басманов, Алексей Данилович" [Basmanov, Alexei Danilovich]. Russian Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 2. 1900. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ a b Skrynnikov, Ruslan Grigorʹevič; Emerich, John W. (2016). "7 Boyar Sedition". Reign of terror, Ivan IV. Translated by Williams, Paul. Brill. p. 153. ISBN 9789004304017. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Skrynnikov, Ruslan (1973). Переписка Грозного и Курбского: Парадоксы Эдварда Кинана [Letter Exchange of Ivan the Terrible and Kurbsky: The Paradoxes of Edward Keenan] (PDF) (in Russian). Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. p. 53. Retrieved 15 July 2023.