 Nekuti baba vake - Sergey Matveyev - vaive gurukota rakakurumbira, Artamon Matveyev akarererwa kumuzinda wamambo kubva pazera regumi nematatu, kwaaizova shamwari dzepedyo naAlexius I. Matveyev akatanga basa rake semukuru wehurumende, aishanda muUkraine uye akatora chikamu mune dzimwe hondo dzeRussia nePoland. Akanga ari nhengo yevamiriri veRussia pakupera kweChibvumirano chePereyaslav muna 1654 uye mumiriri weRussia kuPoland muna 1656-1657. Somutungamiriri weDhipatimendi reStreltsy, Matveyev akapinda mukudzvinyirirwa kweCopper Riotmuna 1662. Makore manomwe gare gare, akaiswa mutariri we Malorossiysky Prikaz, kureva Ministry of the Ukrainian Affairs, uye muna 1671 - mukuru we Posolsky Prikaz ushumiri hwekunze nemamwe mashumiro. Matveyev aizivikanwa kuva akarangarira kubatanidzwa kweUkraine neRussia senhau inokosha zvikurusa yemitemo yokunze yeRussia. Akambotaura kuti zvaibvira kunyange kukanganwa kwenguva pfupi pamusoro pokurwisana navaSweden nokuda kweGungwa reBaltic nokuda kwokubatanidzwa neUkraine. Muna 1672, Matveyev akakwanisa kuchengetedza Kiev yeRussia panguva yekutaurirana nePoland. 