Aleksey Trubetskoy (Aleksy Trubetsky, Aleksy Trubiacki, Алексей Никитич Трубецкой, Aleksy Nikitycz Trubecki, Олексій Микитович Трубецькой;
March 17,
1600? – 1680) was the last
Prince of
Trubetsk (under authority of The
Republic of Both Nations)
1634 – 1645, and (under authority of
Muscovian Tsardom; «державец Трубческого»)
17 March 1660 -
June 1672, the
godfather of
Peter I of Russia. In 1654 Prince Aleksey Trubetskoy on the side of
Alexis I of Russia led the southern flank of the
Muscovian army from
Briańsk to
Ukraine. The territory between the
Dniepr and
Berezyna was overrun quickly, with Aleksey Trubetskoy taking
Mścisław and
Rosławl. In 1654 the former Principality of Trubetsk was finally conquered by Aleksey Trubetskoy, Prince of Trubetsk himself, as a result of the
Russo-Polish War (1654-1667). In 1656 the second
Muscovian army advanced in the north of
Swedish Livonia and besieged
Tartu. In 1659 the massive
Muscovite army (150,000 soldiers), led by Aleksey Trubetskoy, crossed into Ukraine, and are defeted by
Ruthenian armies of
Iwan Wyhowski in the Battle of Konotop. In 1659 Aleksey Trubetskoy together with
Iwan Sirko, who went to
Zaporozhian Sich in 1654, and became a
polkovnyk (colonel), fought against
Crimean Khanate.
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