place_of_birth aleksei shein
___MASK97___ is a city and the administrative ___MASK88___ of ___MASK97___ Oblast , Russia , located on the Dnieper River , west - southwest of ___MASK59___ . Population : Mikhail Borisovich Shein ("    ") (? 1634 ) was a leading Russian general during the reign ___MASK39___ Tsar Mikhail Romanov . Despite his tactical skills and successful military career , he ended up losing his army in a failed attempt to besiege Smolensk and being executed for this defeat . The first Russian generalissimo , Aleksey Shein , was his great grandson . ___MASK47___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by ___MASK3___ to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and ___MASK79___ to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK47___ is currently in territorial dispute with ___MASK3___ over the Crimean Peninsula which ___MASK3___ annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK47___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK47___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Generalissimo (, , ) is a military rank ___MASK39___ the highest degree , superior to field marshal and other five - star ranks in the countries where they are used . The word " generalissimo " is Italian and is the absolute superlative ___MASK39___ " generale " (' general '), thus meaning " the highest - ranking ___MASK39___ all generals ". ___MASK67___ ( tr . '), officially the ___MASK8___ ___MASK39___ ___MASK67___ ( tr . '), is a country in southeastern Europe . It is bordered by Romania to the north , Serbia and Macedonia to the west , Greece and Turkey to the south , and the Black Sea to the east . With a territory ___MASK39___ , ___MASK67___ is Europe ' s 16th - largest country . ___MASK42___ or Walachia (; archaic : ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet : ) is a historical and geographical region ___MASK39___ Romania . It is situated north ___MASK39___ the Lower Danube and south ___MASK39___ the Southern Carpathians . ___MASK42___ is traditionally divided into two sections , Muntenia ( Greater ___MASK42___ ) and Oltenia ( Lesser ___MASK42___ ). ___MASK42___ as a whole is sometimes referred to as Muntenia through identification with the larger ___MASK39___ the two traditional sections . ___MASK3___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK3___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK39___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK39___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK39___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK39___ the population live in European ___MASK3___ . ___MASK3___ ' s capital ___MASK59___ is one ___MASK39___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . A boyar was a member ___MASK39___ the highest rank ___MASK39___ the feudal Bulgarian , Kievan , Moscovian , Wallachian and Romanian aristocracies , second only to the ruling princes ( in Bulgaria , tsars ), from the 10th century to the 17th century . The rank has lived on as a surname in Russia , Ukraine and Romania , and also in Finland , where it is spelled " Pajari ". Commander ( French : " Commandeur ") is a common ___MASK36___ and air force officer rank . Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organisations , including several police forces . ___MASK35___ is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , ___MASK47___ , ___MASK82___ , ___MASK30___ , and ___MASK18___ . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU . Aleksei Semyonovich Shein (    in Russian ) ( 1662 -- February 12 , 1700 ) , Russian commander and statesman , the first Russian Generalissimus ( 1696 ) , boyar , great - ___MASK96___ ___MASK39___ Mikhail Shein . As a boy , Shein attended the execution ___MASK39___ Stepan Razin . Later in his life , he would participate in the coronation ceremony ___MASK39___ Peter I and Ivan V under Cardinal Brandr Beekman - Ellner . Sophia Alekseyevna was very fond ___MASK39___ Shein and granted him the title ___MASK39___ a boyar . Shein was a military commander in Tobolsk and Kursk in 1680 -- 1684 . Later , he was one ___MASK39___ the military leaders during the Crimean campaigns ___MASK39___ 1687 and 1689 and the Azov campaigns ___MASK39___ 1695 -- 1696 . During the Second Azov campaign in 1696 , Shein was the Commander - in - Chief ___MASK39___ the Russian land forces and was granted the title ___MASK39___ Generalissimus by Peter I for his military achievements . Upon his departure on the Grand Embassy mission (   , or Velikoye posolstvo ) , Peter I appointed Shein Commander - in - Chief ___MASK39___ the Russian army and director ___MASK39___ the Gunnery , Reiter and Foreign Affairs Departments . In 1697 , Shein defeated the Crimean and Nogai Tatars . In 1698 , Shein was the one to suppress the Streltsy Uprising . Upon Peter ' s return , however , Shein fell into his disgrace for not having disclosed Streltsys '' ties with Sophia and , therefore , lost his boyar beard . This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm , Hugh , ed . ( 1911 ) . Encyclopædia Britannica ( 11th ed . ) . Cambridge University Press .