Russian Presidential Aide and Chairman of the Marine Board Nikolai Patrushev speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228986
Exhibits are displayed during the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228984
Head of Federal Archival Agency Andrei Artizov speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228979
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky attends the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228975
Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the External Church Relations Department, speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228974
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Alexander Moiseev speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228973
Exhibits are displayed during the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228972
The miter of Metropolitan Gideon (Prince Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky), granted by Tsars Ivan V and Peter the Great alongside Regent Tsarevna Sophia Alekseyevna, upon his consecration on November 8, 1685, marking the formal incorporation of the Kiev Metropolitanate under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, is displayed during the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228971
Exhibits are displayed during the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228947
Charter of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich granted to Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky on April 6, 1654, a portrait of the Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host Bohdan Khmelnytsky, and map of the course and mouth of the Dnieper River are displayed during the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228945
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Alexander Moiseev and Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky attend the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228944
Russian Presidential Aide and Chairman of the Marine Board Nikolai Patrushev speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228940
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228936
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko speaks during the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228929
Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Alexander Moiseev attend the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228924
People attend the opening of the exhibition "Names of Russian Diplomacy: Yemelyan Ukraintsev" at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia. Ukraintsev was a prominent figure during the reign of Peter the Great and served in the Foreign Affairs Chancery for about 40 years. His tenure as head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Constantinople in 1699-1700 led to the conclusion of a 30-year peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, under which Russia retained Azov. He was also a member of the Boyar Duma, headed the Malorossiya Chancery and was one of the initiators of negotiations that resulted in the reunification of the Metropolitanate of Kiev with the Russian Orthodox Church.26.08.2026#9228906
