Alexey Cherkassky

Prince Alexei Mikhailovich Cherkassky ( Russian Алексей Михайлович Черкасский, * September 28, 1680; † November 4, 1742 ) was a Russian Chancellor under Empress Elizabeth.

Life

Cherkassky was a member of the Russian nobility, and was born in 1680 as a descendant of Prince Michael Cherkassky, who came from a Circassian princely family.

From 1702 Alexei Cherkassky served for ten years his father Prince Michael Cherkassky, who managed the Russian city of Tobolsk. 1714 Alexei Cherkassky in St. Petersburg as a member of the Committee on City Planning.

Cherkassky 1719 by Peter I. was appointed governor of Siberia, and in 1726 a member of the ruling Senate. At the time of the election Anna Ivanovna Empress Cherkassky was the richest landowner in Russia and had gone through the leadership of the boyars, who rebelled against the top of Catherine I. established the State Council, had a significant impact on strengthening the autocracy of Anna Ivanovna.

For his royal merits Cherkassky was appointed Minister in 1740 and eventually appointed Russian chancellor. During his time as Minister Cherkassky graduated in 1734 a trade agreement with the United Kingdom from. As chancellor, he signed on 16 December 1740 peace agreement with Prussia and on April 3, 1741 a defensive alliance with Britain.

With his second wife Princess Maria Trubezkaja Cherkassky 1714 had a daughter, Varvara.