Kuzma Minin

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Kuzma Minin. Oil sketch by Ilya Repin (1894)
Kuzma Minin. Oil sketch by Ilya Repin (1894)

Kuzma Minich Minin (Russian: Кузьма Минич Минин ) (? – 1616) was a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, took part in fighting as part of one of the Muscovy factions during Polish-Muscovite War (1605-1618). Afterwards he was regarded as national hero in Russian Empire[1][2][3][4][5]

A native of Balakhna, Minin was a prosperous butcher (meat trader) in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. When the popular patriotic movement[6] to organize volunteer corps in his native city was formed, the city merchants chose Minin, a trusted and respected member of the guild, to oversee the handling of the public funds donated by them to raise and equip the Second Volunteer Army (Второе народное ополчение).[7]

The army led by prince Pozharsky was credited for clearing the Moscow Kremlin from Polish-Lithuanian and their Muscovy allies forces on November 1, 1612. Minin distinguished himself as a skilled commander and was made a nobleman and member of the Boyar Duma under the newly elected Tsar Michael Romanov. He died in 1616 and was interred in the Archangel Cathedral of Nizhny Novgorod. A central square of that city is named after him and Prince Pozharsky.

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  1. ^ "Troubles, Time of." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 12 June 2006 )
  2. ^ 'br>"Pozharski, Dmitri Mikhailovich, Prince", Columbia Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Kuzma Minin" at "History of Yaroslavl" by Yaroslavl State University
  4. ^ Editorial note to Maksim Gorky, Maksim Gorky Selected Letters, p. 40, translated and edited by Andrew Barrat and Barry P. Scherr , Oxford University Press , ISBN 0-19-815175-6
  5. ^ editorial footnote in John Freedman, "The Major Plays of Nikolai Erdman", p. 112, Routledge (UK), 1995, ISBN 3-7186-5582-9
  6. ^ Chester S L Dunning, Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty, p. 434 Penn State Press, 2001, ISBN 0-271-02074-1
  7. ^ (Russian) "The ancient heroes of the Russian people's militia", Kommersant-Den'gi, November 5, 2002
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