Draft:Kudenet Kambulatovich

Kudenet Kambulatovich Cherkassky (Kudenet-Murza) – Elder Prince-Waliy of Kabarda (1616—1624) was the eldest son of Grand Prince-Waliy of Kambulat I Cherkasy (died 1589).

In January 1588 the Kabardian princes Circassian, Mamstruk Temryukovich and Kudenet Kambulatovich Cherkassky with the embassy arrived in Moscow, where they were received with great honor by Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich. At a reception in the Golden Chamber of the Kremlin cousins Mamstryuk and Kudenet were made to mock, i.e. to swear allegiance to the Russian Tsar. The princes of Cherkasy took the oath on their own behalf, as well as on behalf of Grand Prince-Waliy Kambulat (Kabarda)|Kambulat Idarovich, his children, on behalf of Anzoruko and Sunchalei Kanchlycevich, Bitemruk Idarovich, his son Elbuzduk and also from Domanuko Temryukovich, that is, from all kinds of Idarovich.

In August 1588 the king and grand prince Fyodor Ioannovich sent the Tere voivode a letter informing him that the Kabardian princes Mamstruk and Kudenet-Murza had come to Moscow and beaten their heads about their acceptance into Russian subjects. Then the king reported, "We have rewarded them with our reward, and we will reward them again, and we will give them under our king's hand, and we have given them our reward with a seal of gold."

According to the royal decree, the Tera voivode Andrei Ivanovich Khvorostinin had to refuse military aid to the sons of Temruk, Kambulat Idarovich and his son Kudenet in the fight against their opponents, the princes of Great Kabar. Sholoh Tapsarokov and Temshanuk, Aslanbek and Zhansoh Kaitukin and their relatives. In 1589 the Russian government sent a detachment of riflemen to Kabarda. The Kabardian princes Kudenet and Mamstruk Cherkassky together with the Russian councilmen ruined the family estates of Prince Sholokh Tapsarokov. In the same year 1589 princes Mamstryuk and Kudenet Cherkassky with their troops accompanied the Russian ambassador Prince Semen of Zvenigorodsky during his journey through Kabarda to Georgia.

In 1589 Kambulat Idarovich (1578–1589), father of Kudenet-Murza, died. After the death of Kambulat Kaitukin, son of Kaituk Beslanov and opponent of Idarovich, was elected the new Valiant Prince of Kabarda.

In 1600 or 1601 the Kabardian princes Mamstruk Temrukovich and Domanuko Temrukovich, cousins of Kudenet, were treacherously murdered by Big Kabarda Kazi-murza Psheapshokov. Then Kazi-Murza made a raid on the ancestral lands of the rest of the Idarovites, ruined them, captured many of their subjects and livestock. Soon, Prince Kudenet Cherkassky with his family and vassals would be forced to move from his possessions to Tersky City, under the protection of the Russian garrison.

In 1603, Prince Kudenet Kambulatovich Cherkassky and his sons brought the wool (oath) of allegiance to the Russian Tsar Boris Godunov.

In 1616, after the death of Kabarda Sholoh Tapsarokov, Kudenet Kambulatovich Cherkassky, who enjoyed the support of Moscow, was elected the new Grand Wali Prince of Kabarda. He did not enjoy the support of most of the Kabardian princes. In 1624 Prince Valiy Kabardi Kudenet Kambulatovich Cherkassky died, leaving behind three sons (Kudeneta, Kelemet and Ildar). After the death of Kudenet, a letter of commendation for the position of Prince Valiy Kabarda was issued to his younger brother Przemakho Kambulatovich Cherkassky, but he did not receive support in the elections.

Literature

 * "Malbakhov B., Elmesov A." Medieval Kabarda. — Nalchik: Elbrus, 1994. — ISBN 5-7680-0934-5