Dmitry Pozharsky | |
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| Birth name | Dmitry Pozharsky |
| Born | 1 November 1578 Klin County, Moscow Governorate, Tsardom of Russia |
| Died | 20 April 1642 (aged 63) Moscow, Tsardom of Russia |
| Allegiance |  Russia |
| 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]
- ^ "Moscow of the future from dreamers a century ago". rbth.com. Ksenia Isaeva. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ "Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Archived from the original on 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2015-12-12.