Malyuta Skuratov

Grigory Luk'yanovich Skuratov-Belsky, better known as Malyuta Skuratov (???????? ?????????? ????????-????????, ?????? ???????? in Russian) (? - January 1, 1573) was one of the organizers and leaders of the oprichnina during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

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Russian - January 1 - 1573 - Oprichnina - Ivan the Terrible

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Malyuta Skuratov rose to prominence in 1569 by taking part in the trial and execution of Vladimir of Staritsa, Ivan IV's only cousin and possible claimant to the throne. In December of 1569, Malyuta Skuratov strangled a former metropolitan Philip II by the order of Ivan the Terrible for his criticism of the oprichnina. In January of 1570, Skuratov led a punitive expedition against Novgorod, killing thousands of its citizens on suspicion of treason. In 1571, Skuratov was put in charge of the investigation into the causes of defeat of the Russian army during its battle with the army of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray.

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1569 - Vladimir of Staritsa - December - Metropolitan - Philip II - January - 1570 - Novgorod - Treason - 1571 - Crimean khan - Devlet I Giray

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Malyuta Skuratov was killed in one of the battles during the Livonian War in 1573.

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One of Skuratov's daughters was Boris Godunov's wife. His other daughter, who had poisoned Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky, was married to Dmitry Ivanovich Skopin-Shuisky.

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Boris Godunov - Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky - Dmitry Ivanovich Skopin-Shuisky

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