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		Okolnichy (Окольничий in Russian) was an old rank and a position at the court of Russian rulers from the Mongol invasion of Russia until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great.
		An okolnichy could head a state office (prikaz) or a regiment, could be an ambassador or a member of the state duma.
		Under the Romanovs, the 18 noblest families of Muscovy were given the privilege of starting their official career from the rank of okolnichy, skipping all the lower ranks, such as stolnik.
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		Okolnichy (ÐÐºÐ¾Ð»ÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐ¸Ð¹ in Russian) was an old rank and a position at the court of Russian rulers from the Mongol invasion of Russia until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great.
		An okolnichy could head a state office (prikaz) or a regiment, could be an ambassador or a member of the state duma.
		Under the Romanovs, the 18 noblest families of Muscovy were given the privilege of starting their official career from the rank of okolnichy, skipping all the lower ranks, such as stolnik.
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		The duties of first known okolnichies included arranging the travel and quarters of grand princes and tsars and accommodating of foreign ambassadors and presenting them to the court.
		Initially the rank of okolnichy was the second highest after that of boyar, while often they performed similar duties.
		Consequently, a position of okolnichy was a step towards granting the boyarship to a non-noble.
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	Great stand on the Ugra river - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the fall, his army started to advance towards Moscow.
		Facing such a grave danger, Russian boyars divided into two groups: one, led by okolnichies Oschera and Mamon, wanted Ivan III to flee; the other group asserted the necessity to fight the Horde.
		It could be that Ivan's final decision to face the Horde was affected by the Muscovites who had demanded action on the part of the Grand Duke.
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		In the fall, his army started to advance towards Moscow.
		Facing such a grave danger, Russian boyars divided into two groups: one, led by okolnichies Oschera and Mamon, wanted Ivan III to flee; the other group asserted the necessity to fight the Horde.
		It could be that Ivan's final decision to face the Horde was affected by the Muscovites who had demanded action on the part of the Grand Duke.
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		Initially, the rank of okolnichy was the second highest after that of boyar, but they often performed similar duties.
		A person could not be made boyar, if someone else in his family hadn’t recently held a boyar or okolnichy rank.
		Even Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, though a Rurikid knyaz by birth and the “Saviour of Fatherland” by royal mercy, could not secure a position higher than “okolnichy”, because neither his parents nor uncles had ever held a rank higher than stolnik (the lowest rank of state service).
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		In autumn, his army started to advance towards Moscow, he passed through the Lithuanian territories of his ally king Casimir and stood on the Lithuanian-Muscovite border on the river Ugra
		In the face of such grave danger, the Russian boyars fractured into two groups: one, led by okolnichies Oschera and Mamon, wanted Ivan III to flee; the other wanted to fight the Horde.
		It could be that Ivan's final decision to face the Horde was affected by the Russians who had demanded action on the part of the Grand Duke.
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		Princess Xenia was "all white and rubicund in face, with eyes wide and fl, having eyebrows in union, and her body corpulent, neither high nor low in stature, and her braids like fl tubes."
		Expedition parties of dyaks, okolnichies and other officials were commissioned throughout the country to search for beauties and deliver the royal order to every noble and principal: "And whoever has a virgin daughter, let him appear with her before provincial governor for appraisal, and not conceal her at home or otherwise".
		And he who dares conceal an unwed girl, shall fall short of Tzar's mercy and serve capital punishment.
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