# Ontsifor Lukinich

_Posadnik of Novgorod_

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> Ontsifor Lukinich was a posadnik of Novgorod the Great in 1350–1354. He came from a Novgorodian boyar family that gave a number of posadniks to the city. He is most famous for reforming the office in 1359, increasing the number of posadniks and creating a ruling collective in the city.

## Quick facts

- **Died:** 1367 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335042#P570))
- **Occupation:** posadnik ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335042#P106))
- **Positions held:** posadnik of Novgorod ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335042#P39))

## Questions

**What positions has Ontsifor Lukinich held?**  
Positions held by Ontsifor Lukinich include: posadnik of Novgorod.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ontsifor Lukinich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontsifor_Lukinich) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q4335042](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335042) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Онцифор Лукич возвращается в Новгород из похода.png by Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in 10 volumes: pdf , pdf with translation ) Public domain image (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9E%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0.png)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Ontsifor Lukinich, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Онцифор Лукич возвращается в Новгород из похода.png — Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in 10 volumes: pdf , pdf with translation ) Public domain image, Public domain.

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