Property status of Krasnoyarsk ataman Miloslav Koltsov and his participation in public life

The main theme of the article is to describe the financial position of the Krasnoyarsk Cossack Ataman Miloslav Ivanovich Koltsov and his activity in public life. The paper discusses the problems of land ownership and money salary of the functionary. The cultural level, the role in the relations of representatives of the central government and the Krasnoyarsk administration are mentioned too. Miloslav Koltsov was the native of the big trade city Velikiy Ustyug. Having got to Siberia, he became one of participants of a campaign of Andrey Dubenskii on the Red Yar in 1627-1628. His father, Ivan Koltsov was the ataman of one of three hundred Cossacks of Dubenskii. Miloslav Ivanov participated in campaigns against the Yenisei Kyrgyz together with the father. During the Cossack revolt in 1629 in the Krasnoyarsk fortress Ivan Koltsov was killed. As well as his father, Miloslav Ivanov became an ataman in 1663. His life was connected with creation of the Krasnoyarsk fortress. He served there as the initial person to the death in the middle of the 1660s. Miloslav Ivanov Koltsov’s destiny represents a striking example of personal social dynamics in the Russian state of the 17th century. The native of the circle of common people taken in servicemеn people he reached a top position as Siberian nobleman. Despite such tragedy as his father’s death from hands of colleagues, Miloslav Koltsov remained one of leaders the servicemеn of the Krasnoyarsk fortress. He directed the most important campaigns of Krasnoyarsk citizens in the first half of the 17th century against the Yenisei Kyrgyz and the Buryat tribes. Miloslav Koltsov had a high social status and was respected by population of Krasnoyarsk district. He enjoyed great prestige among the Cossacks. His relationship with the Krasnoyarsk servile mass evolved not quite exactly, however, the Siberian Cossacks supported their leader. Miloslav Ivanovich was marked by central government, receiving the rank of boyar son with a rather large salary. According to his rank Koltsov was the owner of vast territory in spite of the negative attitude of the state to the alienation of the Siberian land servitors. Attention is drawn to the high level of his education. Koltsov took care of the monastery buildings in the Krasnoyarsk district. In general, we can say that one of the founders and the first inhabitants of the Krasnoyarsk fortress Ataman Miloslav Koltsov was a brilliant representative of the elite Siberian servitor. Ataman Koltsov did not trust the Cossack self-government during the military campaigns, but remained faithful to the law protecting the interests of Krasnoyarsk Cossacks from provincial abuse.