Kuzma Minin
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Kuzma Minin, full name Kuzma Minich Zakhariev-Sukhoruky, was a Russian merchant who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, formed the popular uprising in Nizhny Novgorod against the Polish–Lithuanian
Minin and Pozharsky (right to left) by Mikhail Scotti, 1850
Minin's appeal to the people of Nizhny Novgorod. Painting by Mikhail Peskov, 1861
Konstantin Makovsky's Appeal of Minin (1896) depicts Kuzma Minin against the background of the church of St. John the Baptist appealing to the people of Nizhny Novgorod to raise a militia against the Polish invaders and Sigismund III Vasa.
Dmitry Pozharsky
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Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Russian War from 1611 to 1612. Pozharsky formed the Second Volunteer Army with Kuzma Minin in Niz
Kuzma Minin
…Kuzma Minich Zakhariev-Sukhoruky (Russian: Кузьма Минич Захарьев Сухорукий; c. 1570s – 21 May 1616), was a Russian merchant who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, formed the popular uprising in Nizhny Novgorod against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's occupation of Russia during the Polish intervention in…
Pozharsky and the delegation from Moscow. Painting by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1882).
Polish soldiers surrender to prince Pozharsky. Graphic by Boris Chorikov
Pozharsky and Minin monument (1804–16) in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral