1670-1718) was a political mentor and advisor to Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia; accused of having arranged the flight abroad of the latter, Kikin was broken on the wheel.
He accompanied the monarch in the Great Embassy and learned the mast-maker's craft in the Netherlands.
Upon returning to Russia, Kikin helped build the first Russian warships in Voronezh and Olonets.
In the January campaign of 1706 he had Mitau Castle blown up and retreated with his regiment toward Minsk.
[2] Kikin's properties, including the unfinished Baroque residence in the vicinity of the Smolny Convent, were confiscated by the Tsar.