He later would endow the Lyutikov Monastery in nearby Vorotynsk with a number of generous gifts, including an icon featuring his own portrait.
At that time he established a chain of forts along the Volga river, including Simbirsk, which has an equestrian monument in his honor.
In the face of opposition from such eminent personages as Avvakum, Khitrovo encouraged the artists' interest in Western art, which resulted in an unprecedented flowering of naturalism in Russian icon-painting.
Khitrovo was related through his mother to the powerful Fyodor Rtishchev, with whom he shared a keen interest in Western culture and a penchant for philanthropy.
During the last 16 years of his life he performed the task of administering the Kremlin palaces, as well as other state estate, including several million of serfs.