{{Short description|Tatar murza}} {{no citations|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox royalty | name =Chet | title =[[Murza]] | image =Yavlenie bogomateri Zahariya Chet.jpg | caption = A vision of Virgin Mary to Zachary Chet, 16th-century Russian icon | full name = | house = | royal anthem = | father = | mother = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_date = | burial_place = }} '''Chet''' (baptized as '''Zachary''') was a ''[[murza]]'' of the [[Golden Horde]] and the legendary progenitor of a number of Russian noble families, including the [[Godunov]], [[Saburov]] and {{ill|Veliaminov-Zernov|ru|Вельяминовы-Зерновы}} families. He also was the founder of the [[Ipatievsky Monastery]].
==Life and historiography== According to the legend, Chet received estates near [[Kostroma]] in 1330 during the reign of [[Ivan I of Moscow]] and was baptized as Zachary. He also had a vision of the [[Virgin Mary]] with prestanding [[Philip the Apostle]] and hieromartyr [[Hypatius of Gangra]], which resulted in his healing from sickness. In gratitude for his healing, [[Hypatian Monastery]] was established there.
According to the Russian historian {{ill|Stepan Veselovsky|ru|Веселовский, Степан Борисович}}, the legend appeared only at the end of the 16th century and has serious chronological issues. The historian claims that the Zachary clan is a native Kostroma clan. In his opinion, Zachary lived in the second half of the 13th century and had a son named Aleksandr ({{died in|1304}}). The first representative of the family who served Moscow was a grandchild of Zachary called Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Zerno. The Hypatian Monastery was founded at the end of the 13th century and was originally a hereditary monastery located in Zachary's estates.
An alternative version of a Russian origin was presented by another Russian historian, Maksim Yemelyanov-Lukyanchikov. He believes that Zachary Chet was an ancient boyar clan that served [[Daniel of Galicia]] and appeared in Kostroma at the end of the 13th century. Presumably, he was the one who brought the [[Hypatian Codex]], which later was found in the Hypatian Monastery.
Zachary and Aleksandr were both buried in the Hypatian Monastery.
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150718175031/http://www.russia-today.narod.ru/past/gen/chet.html Descendants of Chet, Tatar Prince]. Russian Past. * Yemelyanov-Lukyanchikov, M. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150718180534/http://ruskline.ru/analitika/2012/03/10/zagadka_ipatevskogo_monastyrya Mystery of the Hypatian Monastery]''. Russian National Line.
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