Alexey Cherkassky
Alexey Mikhailovich Cherkassky | |
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Portrait by Ivan Argunov, 1760s | |
| Chancellor of the Russian Empire | |
| In office 1740–1742 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1680 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | 15 November 1742 (aged 62) Moscow, Russia |
Prince Alexey Mikhailovich Cherkassky or Tcherkassky (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Черкасский, 8 October [O.S. 28 September] 1680 – 15 November [O.S. 4 November] 1742) was a Russian statesman who served as the chancellor from 1740 to 1742, at the beginning of Empress Elizabeth's reign.