Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev

Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev was the ambassador of tsar Ivan III in the Principality of Ryazan, the founder of the noble family of Belkin, the most likely founder of the village Belkin Repinskaya parish.

Biography

Ivan Belka was the eldest son of Fyodor Dutka Otyaev. Served Ivan III. His great-great-grandfather Aleksei Petrovich Tail Bosovolkov, boyar of Simeon of Moscow and Ivan II of Moscow. In 1356 he was killed, and his descendants the Khvostovs went into the service of the appanage princes. He was sent to the embassy in Ryazan principality, which at the time maintained its independence.
He is the most probable founder of the village Belkin. Most likely, the land ownership was granted to him by Ivan III. It is also possible that the land ownership has been obtained by him or his father Fyodor Dutka from Prince Michael Vereisky at the time was a member of Maloyaroslavets Vereisk inheritance.