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Most of prikazes were subordinated to Boyar Duma. Some of them (Palace Prikazes (Дворцовые приказы)) were subordinated to the Tayny Prikaz, or Prikaz of Secret Affairs (приказ тайных дел) that answered directly to Tsar. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia had his own prikazes. A Duma (Ду́ма in Russian) is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. ... Tsar (Bulgarian цар, Russian царь,   listen?; often spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917 (although... The following is a list of Russian Orthodox metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow along with when they served: Metropolitans Maximus (1283-1305) Peter (1308-1326) Theognostus (1328-1353) Alexius (1354-1378) Cyprian (1381-1382), (1390-1406) Pimen (1382-1384) Dionysius I (1384-1385) Photius (1408-1431) Isidore the Apostate (1437...

There was a large number (up to 60) of specialized prikazes. Their set varied over time.

• Subordinated to Duma:
  • Posolsky Prikaz (literally: "Ambassadorial office") was in charge of international affairs, a kind of a Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Pomestny Prikaz (Estate Prikaz) was in charge of personal estate ('pomestye') and ancestral estate ('votchina') lands in . Collected fees for land transfers.
  • Razryadny Prikaz (Rank Prikaz) was in charge of military and civil administration higher personnel.
• Administrative and judicial (subordinated to Pomestny Prikaz)
  • Pechatny Prikaz (Prikaz of the Seal, Stamp Prikaz) was an office that placed the Tsar's seal on various documents that granted various things to private persons, and collected the corresponding duties.
  • Moscow Judicial Prikaz
  • Vladimir Judicial Prikaz
• Military Prikazes
  • Streletsky Prikaz
  • Admiralteysky Prikaz, in charge of Navy.
• Finance Prikazes
• Regional Prikazes
  • Malorossiya Prikaz, Ministry of the Ukrainian (Malorossiya) Affairs
  • Kazan Prikaz (Казанский приказ, Приказ Казанского дворца, Kazan Palace Prikaz), Volga Region (Поволжье) Affairs (South-West of Russia, territories of Kazan Khanate)
  • Siberian Prikaz
  • Great Russia Prikaz
  • Grand Duchy of Lithuania Prikaz
  • Grand Duchy of Smolensk Prikaz
  • Prikaz of Livonia Affairs
• Palace Prikazes
  • Konyushenny Prikaz
• Patriarch Prikazes

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See also

• Dyak
• Podyachy

Dyak may refer to one of the following. ... Podyachy or podyachiy (Russian: ; from Greek hypodiakonos, assistant servant) is an office (bureaucratic) occupation in prikazes (local and upper governmental offices) and lesser local offices of Russia in 15th-18th centuries. ...

External link

• State administration in Russia 16th-17th centuries, in Russian