This article is about the Russian general. For the Russian composer, see Boris Sheremetev (composer).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Sheremetev.
Count
Boris Petrovich Sheremetev
Portrait by P. Krasovskiy
Born
(1652-05-05)5 May 1652 Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Died
28 February 1719(1719-02-28) (aged 66) Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Allegiance
Tsardom of Russia
Service/branch
Imperial Russian Army
Years of service
1681–1719
Rank
Field Marshal
Battles/wars
Russo-Polish War Russo-Turkish War
Crimean campaigns
Azov campaigns
Great Northern War
Battle of Varja
Battle of Narva (1700)
Battle of Rauge
Battle of Erastfer
Battle of Hummelshof
Siege of Nöteborg (1702)
Battle of Systerbäck
Battle of Gemauerthof
Battle of Holowczyn
Battle of Poltava
Pruth River Campaign
Awards
Titles: Boyar (1686) Count (1706) Orders: Order of St. Andrew Order of the White Eagle Order of the Black Eagle
Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (Russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. Borís Petróvič Šeremétev; 5 May [O.S. 25 April] 1652 – 28 February [O.S. 17 February] 1719) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count in 1706. His children included Pyotr Sheremetev and Natalia Sheremeteva.
Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (Russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. Borís Petróvič Šeremétev; 5 May [O.S. 25 April] 1652 – 28 February [O...
Count BorisSheremetev (1652–1719) military leader and diplomat during the Great Northern War Count Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev (1713—1788) son of Boris; courtier...
tsar; he was the son of BorisSheremetev. When his father Boris died in 1719, tsar Peter promised to be "like a father" to Boris's children, and young Pyotr...
Borisovich Sheremetev, notable grandee of the epoch of empresses Anna Ivanovna, Elizabeth Petrovna, and Catherine II. He was also the grandson of Boris Petrovich...
intentions. In addition, with Peter I of Russia away the Field Marshal BorisSheremetev had to contend with the rivalry of Alexander Menshikov. After a council...
shipbuilding and colloquial Dutch and German. He acted as subordinate to BorisSheremetev, who was commander-in-chief during the retreat before Charles XII in...
Moscow Count BorisSheremetev, Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War Boris Sidis, Ukrainian psychiatrist Boris Spassky,...
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to Malta, under boyar BorisSheremetev, to observe the training and abilities of the Knights of Malta and their fleet. Sheremetev investigated the possibility...
around 13,000 regulars along with 6,000 irregulars led by general BorisSheremetev and a Swedish force of about 3,470 men (at least 1,000 men were absent...
Russian victory in the Great Northern War in which a Russian army under BorisSheremetev attacked a much smaller force under Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach...
to confront the Russians in June 1711. Peter assigned Field Marshal BorisSheremetev to prevent the Ottoman army from crossing the Danube. However, harassment...
support and military access. The army was led by Peter the Great and BorisSheremetev and attempted to invade Ottoman occupied Moldavian with the support...
Prince Vasily Golitsyn Natalya Naryshkina Prince Fyodor Golovin Count BorisSheremetev Count Gavriil Golovkin Prince Vasily Dolgorukov Prince Alexey Cherkassky...
join Mazepa, who had decided to rebel against Peter.: 706 Peter sent Sheremetev to shadow the Swedish army.: 287 Lewenhaupt followed south and was attacked...
principal Russian commanders were Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov and BorisSheremetev. Augustus II the Strong, elector of Saxony and another cousin of Charles...
Swedish forces under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt fought a Russian army under BorisSheremetev. The Swedes were victorious, but the victory was only symbolic. In...
Archbishop of Kazan Alexander Bezborodko, Statesman and Diplomat BorisSheremetev, Field Marshal and Diplomat Konstantin Ostrozhsky, Prince and voivode...
town, Pastor Glück offered to work as a translator, and Field Marshal BorisSheremetev agreed to his proposal and took him to Moscow. There are unsubstantiated...
of the Sheremetev family. He was the only son of Nikolai Sheremetev and Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova and the father of Aleksandr Sheremetev. Biography...
Zaporizhia Host Cossacks of Ivan Mazepa and the Sloboda Ukraine Cossacks of BorisSheremetev during the so called Azov-Dnieper campaigns. By the 1700 Treaty of...
of Peter I's associates are well-known, including François Le Fort, BorisSheremetev, Alexander Menshikov, Jacob Bruce, Mikhail Golitsyn, Anikita Repnin...