Pozharsky biography

Scotti, the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, the national hero of Russia, Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, went into domestic history as a participant in the first militia and uprising against the Polish-Lithuanian interventionists in Moscow in the year, in the Time of Troubles, and as one of the leaders, together with Kuzma Minin, the second militia in the year, which restored Russian statehood.

Dmitry Mikhailovich Pozharsky was born on November 1.

Dmitry is a descendant of Vasily Andreevich Pozharsky, a native of the Starodub princes of the Suzdal land, who lead their genealogy from the Grand Duke of Vladimir Vsevolod Yuryevich, the son of Yuri Dolgoruky, the founder of Moscow. Dmitry Pozharsky went down in the history of Russia as a participant in the first militia and an uprising against Polish-Lithuanian intervention in Moscow in the year, in the Time of Troubles.

And since the end of October, Dmitry Pozharsky has been one of the leaders of the second militia. Together with the Nizhny Novgorod merchant Kuzma Minin in the year, he developed and implemented a plan for the liberation of Moscow from Polish interventionists. The most striking moments of the life of Dmitry Pozharsky are associated with the protection of Russia in the Time of Time at the turn of the century.

The failure of the first zemstvo militia upset, but did not discourage zemstvo people. In provincial cities, the movement began again for organizing a new militia and going to Moscow. This time, the starting point and the center of the movement became Nizhny Novgorod, led by its famous Zemstvo headman Kuzmoy Minin. The head of the zemstvo militia was invited by Pozharsky, as a capable military leader and man with an unsuccessful reputation.

The economic and financial part was taken by Kuzma Minin, the “elected man throughout the earth”. At the end of July, the militia moved from Yaroslavl to Moscow. In August, the militia of Pozharsky approached Moscow, where a few days later he repulsed the army of the Polish hetman Khodkevich, hurrying to the aid of the Polish garrison. The Provisional Government of Trubetskoy and Pozharsky called up to Moscow elected from all cities and from every rank of people "for the Zemsky Council and for the state election." After long disputes, elected people agreed on the candidacy of summer Mikhail Romanov.

The Zemsky Cathedral in March unanimously elected and solemnly proclaimed Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov. In the election letter it was said that he was wished by the kingdom "all the Orthodox Christians of the entire Moscow state." At the court of the new king, Pozharsky, as a talented military leader, played an important role in state affairs. And since the war in Russia was still ongoing, it was directed in the year to lead the fighting against the Polish detachments of A.

Lisovsky, and then against the Polish troops led by Vladislav IV. What he successfully coped and was awarded the estates and estates. He was engaged in Pozharsky and other state affairs - in particular, in and in years he headed the collection of five; In different years, he led the orders: Galician Cheth, Yamsky, Robbery, Moscow Sudden; participated in Russian-English, Russian-Polish and Russian-Crimean negotiations; He was a governor in Novgorod and Mozhaisk.

Dmitry Mikhailovich Pozharsky died on April 30 in Moscow. His ashes rests in a clan tomb in the Suzdal Spaso-Euphymium Monastery. Persons of the day March 17: - Gotlib Daimler German engineer, designer and industrialist.