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Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatiy (Viskovatov) (Иван Михайлович Висковатый (Висковатов) in
Russian) (d.
25 July 1570,
Moscow) was a
Russian
diplomat and head of the
Posolsky Prikaz (
foreign affairs office).
Viskovatiy rose to the rank of
dyak in
1549 during the time of
Ivan the Terrible's intensive organizational activities. Together with
Alexei Adashev, he managed
Russia's foreign relations until his death. Historians believe that the
Posolsky Prikaz was finally formed in
1556 owing to the efforts of Viskovatiy. He was also the one to inventory the
archives of the
ministry of foreign affairs. In
1561, Viskovatiy was appointed the
keeper of the seal, combining, thus, the custody of the seal of the Russian state with the diplomatic department. This tradition would be in place until the
17th century. As keeper of the seal, Viskovatiy was also made a member of the
Boyar Duma.
When Ivan the Terrible became seriously ill in
1553, Viskovatiy was the first one to propose to the
tsar to choose a successor. He was also among the first to support the nomination of the young
Dmitry Ivanovich. In
1554, Viskovatiy was appointed a member of the
boyar investigation committee regarding
Prince Semeon Rostovsky's
treason. That same year, Viskovatiy had to appear before the
ecumenical council of the
Russian Orthodox Church because he'd been influenced by
Matvei Bashkin's
heresy and had drawn other people into accepting it. The council treated him with leniency and inflicted a three-year
penance upon him. In
1563, Viskovatiy went on a diplomatic mission to
Denmark to hold negotiations on
Livonian affairs. In
1566, Viskovatiy took part in the
Zemsky Sobor.
Viskovatiy managed to escape the tsar's disgrace during the
1560s. He had to pay dearly, however, for his alleged involvement in a still unclear affair in
1570. Viskovatiy was accused of his alleged intentions to give
Novgorod to the
Polish king and
Astrakhan and
Kazan to the
Turkish sultan. He was publicly executed on
25 July 1570 in Moscow.
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