1) Court title 2) Tsardom of Russia 
Okolnichy (Око́льничий, IPA) was an old rank and a position at the court of Moscow rulers from the Mongol invasion of Rus` until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great. The word is derived from the Russian word for `close,` `near,` meaning `sitting close to the Tsar.` The duties of first known okolnichies included ar...