1. Dmitry 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 Dmitry Pozharsky in Moscow's Red Square.
13 Facts About Dmitry Pozharsky
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Dmitry Pozharsky was descended from a branch of Rurik dynasty, sovereign princes which ruled the town of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma, near Suzdal 190 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
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At one point in the 15th century the family estate burned to the ground, and in consequence assumed the name of Dmitry Pozharsky, derived from the Russian word pozhar meaning conflagration.
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Dmitry Pozharsky was attested as a stolnik four years later and supported the Tsardom in the Polish-Muscovite War following its outbreak in 1605.
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Dmitry Pozharsky was present at the defense of Kolomna in 1608 and helped Vasily IV during the siege of Moscow in 1609.
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Later that year, Dmitry Pozharsky routed the rebellious Cossacks of Ivan Bolotnikov at the Pekhorka River.
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Dmitry Pozharsky agreed on condition that he would be assisted by Kuzma Minin, a representative of the merchants of Nizhny Novgorod that was instrumental in the army's founding.
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In 1615, Dmitry Pozharsky operated against the Lisowczycy and three years later he fell upon the forces of Vladislaus IV, yet the conservative system of mestnichestvo precluded him from taking supreme command in any of these engagements.
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Dmitry Pozharsky was summoned by the tsar to confer with the English ambassadors in 1617 and with the Polish ones in 1635.
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When patriotic feelings were on the rise during the Napoleonic wars, a bronze Monument to Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky was erected on Red Square.
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Dmitry Pozharsky is a strong unifying figure for those professional historians who oppose Romanovs' version of Russian history for being extremely one-sided.
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Dmitry Pozharsky was a Hero, and they, mostly, were traitors.
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When Kremlin was taken, Dmitry Pozharsky has made a huge mistake.