About Aleksei Shein
Lived 1652 – 1700 (aged 47–48). Aleksei Shein was a politician.
Aleksei Semyonovich Shein (; 1662 – February 12, 1700) was a Russian commander and statesman, the first Russian Generalissimo, and boyar. He was the great-grandson of Mikhail Shein.
Shein originated from an old boyar family, which, however, after the execution of Mikhail Shein in 1634 was exiled to Alatyrsky Uyezd, currently Chuvashia, and were only allowed to return to Moscow in 1642.
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Who was Aleksei Shein?
Russian noble (1652-1700)
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Aleksei Shein was born in 1652 in Moscow.
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Aleksei Shein died on 2 February 1700.
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Aleksei Shein was a politician.
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