Boris Kurakin

Prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin (1676-1727).

Prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin (Russian: Князь Борис Иванович Куракин; 30 July 1676, Moscow – 28 October 1727, Paris)[1] was the third permanent Russian ambassador abroad, succeeding Andrey Matveyev in The Hague[2] and one of the closest associates of Peter the Great.[3] He was also the tsar's brother-in-law, being married to Xenia, daughter of Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin and sister of Eudoxia Lopukhina.

  1. ^ Dates given in the Gregorian calendar. His dates of birth in the Julian calendar then still in use in Russia are 20 July 1676 – 17 October 1727 (see Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe).
  2. ^ Bushkovitch, Paul (2008). "Peter the Great and the Northern War". In Lieven, Dominic (ed.). Imperial Russia, 1689–1917. The Cambridge History of Russia. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 502. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521815291. ISBN 9780521815291.
  3. ^ Aldridge, David Denis (2009-01-01). Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727. Nordic Academic Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-91-85509-31-7.