Dmitry Pozharsky | |
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![]() Portrait of Boyarin Dmitry Pozharsky, found by Pyotr Beketov and placed in his collection. Engraving by masters Nikolai Sokolov and Alexander Afanasyev from the "Collection of Portraits of Russians...", made from an original portrait of the 17th century | |
Birth name | Dmitry Pozharsky |
Born | Klin County, Moscow Governorate, Tsardom of Russia | 1 November 1578
Died | 20 April 1642 Moscow, Tsardom of Russia | (aged 63)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch | Militia |
Service years | 1608–1642 |
Rank | Head of the Second People's Militia |
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Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (Russian: Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj]; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite War from 1611 to 1612. Pozharsky formed the Second Volunteer Army with Kuzma Minin in Nizhny Novgorod against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's occupation of Russia during the Time of Troubles, resulting in Polish withdrawal after Russian victory at the Battle of Moscow in 1612.[1] Pozharsky received the unprecedented title of Saviour of the Fatherland from Mikhail I of Russia, becoming a folk hero in Russian culture and honored in the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow's Red Square.[2]