Almaz (Yerofey) Ivanovich Ivanov (, ? â April 27 (N.S. May 7), 1669) was a Russian statesman, the progenitor of the noble .
From 1640 to 1646, Almaz Ivanov held the post of a dyak of the royal treasury (ÃÂð÷ÃÂýýÃÂù ôòþÃÂ, or Kazyonniy dvor). In 1646, he was transferred to the Posolsky Prikaz (ÃÂþÃÂþûÃÂÃÂúøù ÿÃÂøúð÷, or Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Ivanov was appointed head of the Posolsky Prikaz in 1653 and remained on this post until 1667. He also managed the Pechatny Prikaz (ÃÂõÃÂðÃÂýÃÂù ÿÃÂøúð÷, or Stamp Office) between 1653 and 1669.
Ivanov played an important role in the government of tsar Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov. He knew several languages and was a skillful diplomat and manager. In foreign affairs, Ivanov supported Russia's struggle against Poland and the cause for integration of the Russian lands in the south and west into a unified Russian state. Ivanov went to Sweden in 1649 as a member of a diplomatic mission and visited Poland on numerous occasions. Under Ivanov's supervision, they introduced a new Customs Charter in 1653, which unified customs duties.