The entry of the Novgorod nobility into the sovereign's court during the reign of Mikhail Fedorovich

Introduction. The historical literature noted the active participation of the Novgorod nobility in the events of the Time of Troubles. The question of the fate of the Novgorod nobility during the reign of Mikhail Fedorovich has been much less studied. This article is devoted to the consideration of the question of the entry of representatives of the Novgorod nobility into the Sovereign’s court of Tsar Mikhail. Methods and materials. The article is based on the use and comprehensive analysis of the sources, which show the process of entry of the Novgorod nobility into the Sovereign’s court. The article uses documentary sources, including new archival materials. The author of the article uses the methods of prosopographic and historical-genealogical research. Analysis. The author of the article showed a very wide scale of the entry of the Novgorod nobles into the various ranks of the sovereign’s court. As a rule, those persons who deserted from Novgorod to the side of Moscow and faithfully served the Moscow authorities were granted to the court of Tsar Mikhail. By granting these nobles to serve at the court, the government of Tsar Mikhail had the goal of strengthening its political support. Results. The author comes to the conclusion that the enrollment of a number of representatives of the Novgorod nobility in the sovereign’s court led not to the strengthening, but to the weakening of the Novgorod service corporation as a whole, since it removed the most prominent and active nobles from its composition. Once in the sovereign’s court, people from Novgorod families gradually lost ties with the Novgorod nobility and sought to establish themselves in the new court environment.