Serkiz information

Serkiz (Russian: Серкиз) was a Tatar prince. Born in the mid-14th century ^[1] in the Golden Horde, he became an Orthodox Christian and was baptised under the name Ivan Ivan Serkizov. He died late in the 14th century in Muscovy (now Moscow).

^ Eric Lohr, Marshall Poe, The Military and Society in Russia: 1450-1917, 2002, p. 37 [1] accessed 2016-09-19: "We find evidence of a Tatar nobleman, Serkiz in Muscovite service, perhaps in the 1370's"

[1] Eric Lohr, Marshall Poe, The Military and Society in Russia: 1450-1917, 2002, p. 37 [1] accessed 2016-09-19: "We find evidence of a Tatar nobleman, Serkiz in Muscovite service, perhaps in the 1370's"