Person

Boris Sheremetev

Russian diplomat and general field marshal

b. 1652 CE – d. 1719 CE World The Great Crossroads

Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (1652–1719) is created the first Russian count in 1706, and is also a diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War.

His children include Pyotr Sheremetev and Natalia Sheremeteva.