boyar

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A rank of aristocracy (second only to princes) in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania

A long series of wars was fought in the sixteenth century to keep Polish influence at bay in the West Russian lands, and prevent it from seducing Muscovy's restless boyars, the warrior-barons whose independence the grand dukes were determined to crush.

member of the upper stratum of medieval Russian society and state administration Boyars were generally drawn from about 200 families, descended from former princes, old Moscow boyar families and foreign aristocrats; and they participated in a boyar council that helped the czar direct the internal and foreign affairs of state Conferred by the ruler upon individuals It was abolished by Peter the Great
Minor human noble; equivalent of a baron
Any male member of the upper class of medieval Russian society and state administration. In Kievan Rus (10th-12th centuries) the boyars belonged to the prince's retinue, holding posts in the army and civil administration and advising the prince in matters of state through a boyar council, or duma. In the 13th-14th centuries the boyars constituted a privileged class of rich landowners in northeastern Russia. In the 15th-17th centuries the boyars of Muscovy ruled the country along with the grand prince (later the czar) and legislated through the boyar council. Their importance declined in the 17th century, and the title was abolished by Peter I in the early 18th century
A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great
Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania
Ussuran noble
boyars
plural of boyar
boyar

    Silbentrennung

    bo·yar

    Etymologie

    (noun.) 1591. From Old East Slavic (boyare) ( > Russian бояре), plural of боярин, of uncertain origin.
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