Serkiz () was a Tatar prince. Born in the mid-14th century,Eric Lohr, Marshall Poe, The Military and Society in Russia: 1450-1917, 2002, p. 37 accessed 2016-09-19: "We find evidence of a Tatar nobleman, Serkiz in Muscovite service, perhaps in the 1370's" in the Golden Horde, he became an Orthodox Christian and was baptised under the name Ivan Serkizov. He died in the late 14th century in Muscovy.
Biography There is no contemporary record of Serkiz's existence. Later records state that he led an army in the service of the Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy. He had at least one child, Andrey Ivanovich Serkizov (died 1380).
Legacy Four villages in the Moscow region were named Cherkizovo or Serkizovo in his honour by Dmitry Donskoy.Kasumova, Ergenekon, Çobanoğlu, Moskova’nın Türkçe Kökenli Yer Adları (Turkish origins of Moscow place names), p. 127, accessed 2016-09-19 Serkiz is the ancestor of the Starkov family.
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