Bogdan Khitrovo

Bogdan Matveyevich Khitrovo (c. 1615–1680) was a Russian boyar and statesman under Tsars Alexis and Feodor III. As governor of Temnikov in the 1640s he founded a chain of forts on the Volga, including Simbirsk.

From 1654 until his death he headed the Kremlin Armoury, putting the tsar's icon painters under his patronage. Despite the opposition of Avvakum, he encouraged Simon Ushakov and others to absorb Western naturalism.

In his last sixteen years he administered the Kremlin palaces and other state estates. He died in March 1680, leaving books and icons to monasteries and freeing his slaves in his will.