Dmitry Pozharsky

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. 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhaylovich and the family name is Pozharsky.
Dmitry Pozharsky
Birth nameDmitry Pozharsky
Born(1578-11-01)1 November 1578
Klin County, Moscow Governorate, Tsardom of Russia
Died20 April 1642(1642-04-20) (aged 63)
Moscow, Tsardom of Russia
Allegiance Russia
BranchMilitia
Service years1608–1642
RankHead of the Second People's Militia
Battles/wars
  • Polish-Muscovite War
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