Chelyadnins (Челяднины) was an old

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boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

family of Radsha and St Varlaam lineage via Akinfovs (Акинфовы), extinct in the 16th century.

Notable Chelyadnins

Boyar Andrey Fyodorovich Chelyadnin (?-1503), the first of Chelyadnins who gained the title of

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(наместник, namestnik) of

Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...

. He was Commander-in-Chief during the

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. In 1500 he defeated the Lithuanians at the

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and captured the city of

Toropets Toropets (russian: Торо́пец) is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Solomennoye. Population: History In 1074, when the town was first mentione ...

. Boyar Ivan Andreyevich Chelyadnin (?-1514),

at the court of

Vasili III of Russia Vasili III Ivanovich (russian: Василий III Иванович, 25 March 14793 December 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. He was the son of Ivan III Vasiliyevich and Sophia Paleologue and was christened with the name ...

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(1508–1509). He took part in a number of battles with the

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, after the defeat of Russia at the

Battle of Orsha The Battle of Orsha ( be, Бітва пад Оршай, translit=Bitva pad Oršaj, lt, Oršos mūšis, pl, bitwa pod Orszą, uk, Битва під Оршею), was a battle fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Du ...

he was taken into captivity and died in a prison in

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