Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky (c. 1640 - September 17 (September 28) 1717) - prince, Russian statesman. Approximate of Peter I from the mid-1680s. In 1686-1717, the head of the Preobrazhensky Order of Investigation Affairs, in addition, was in charge of the Siberian and Pharmaceutical Orders. The first in Russia to formally receive from the hands of the sovereign the highest rank that stood outside the system of officers' ranks - the generalissimo of 1694 (amusing troops?).
Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky came from an old family of princes Starodubsky, who, in turn, were descended from Rurik through Vsevolod the Big Nest and his son Ivan Vsevolodovich, who received Starodub from his brother, Grand Duke Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. The great-great-grandson of this Prince Ivan, Prince Fyodor Andreyevich Starodubsky, had a son, Prince Vasily Romodanovsky. The Velvet Book says: The fifth son of Prince Fyodor, Prince Andreyev, the son of Starodubsky, Prince Vasily Fedorovich Romodanovsky (it is not entirely clear where the surname Romodanovsky came from) children.
Thus, Prince Vasily Fedorovich Starodubsky, a direct descendant of Rurik, who lived in the second half of the 15th century, was the first to be called and written as Romodanovsky. Fyodor Yuryevich's father was at first a steward, later a boyar. From an early age, Prince Fyodor, being the son of a close associate of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was at the court. When the birth of Pyotr Alekseevich was celebrated in 1672, Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky was shown first among the ten nobles invited to their home table in the Faceted Chamber. In the boyar book at this time he is written as a close steward.
The sharp rise of Romodanovsky takes place in the first years of the independent reign of Peter I. The prince supported the young tsar in the struggle with his sister Sophia; it was he who was entrusted with the supervision of the princess imprisoned in the Novodevichy Convent. Having stood at the head of the Preobrazhensky Prikaz, Romodanovsky participated in all of Peter's undertakings, starting with his "amusing campaigns." A sign of the tsar's confidence in Romodanovsky was that, setting off on the Azov campaign, he left him in his place in Moscow with the unprecedented title of prince-Caesar:
An indicative moment is Peter's extensive correspondence with the prince, in which the tsar mentions all the most important issues of domestic and foreign policy, not being afraid to ask Romodanov's advice and addresses his letters to "Prince Fyodor Yuryevich". Romodanovsky, like Field Marshal Count Boris Sheremetev, had the right to enter the office of Peter I at any time without a report.
Fyodor Yuryevich Romodanovsky played a decisive role in suppressing the Streletsky revolt in 1698. In 1701, after a severe fire that devastated Moscow, Prince Fyodor Yuryevich was rebuilding the capital entrusted to him.
In private use, Fyodor Yuryevich lived by the way of the old boyar, he loved and respected the old manners and adhered to ancient customs; was hospitable, but demanded special respect from everyone. In society, everyone stood before him. “No one dared to enter his courtyard, - the Emperor himself left his one-wheel drive at his gate” [3]. The house of Prince Romodanovsky was located in Moscow, on Mokhovaya, near the Stone Bridge; on the pillars he had an image of the family coat of arms of the Romodanovsky princes: a black winged dragon in a golden field.
The closest executor of Peter's plans, Fyodor Yuryevich, did not always approve of his actions: so, by the way, he did not welcome Peter's marriage to Catherine. This is due to the fact that his daughter Fedosya Fedorovna was the wife of the uncle of Tsarevich Alexei, brother of the first wife Evdokia Fedorovna.
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Since the son of Romodanovsky Ivan was married to Anastasia Fyodorovna Saltykova, the sister of the wife of Tsar Ivan V, Fyodor Yurievich was a close relative of Peter I; Ivan's daughter - Golovkina Ekaterina Ivanovna.
Another son of Fyodor Yuryevich was Ivan Fyodorovich, who inherited the title of Prince Caesar and became the last male representative of the Romodanovsky family.
Prince Romodanovsky died at an advanced age, on September 17, 1717; buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Perhaps the only contemporaries who left a subjective review of the character and activities of Prince Romodanovsky was B. I. Kurakin, who mentioned him in his "Gishtoria about Tsar Peter Alekseevich and people close to him":
This prince was a particular character; by his appearance, like a monster; an evil tyrant with a temper; a great unwilling person to do good to anyone; drunk all the days; but his majesty was so faithful that no one else.
About his power, Romodanovsky, we will also mention what belongs to the search, treason, arguments, to what qualifications and a person of a female or male sex did not come, he could take anyone to the wanted list, arrest, and search, and search administer.