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Dmitry Pozharsky

1577 - 1642

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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–Russian 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dmitry Pozharsky is the 509th most popular military personnel (up from 523rd in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Russia (up from 458th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Dmitry Pozharsky ranks 509 out of 2,058. Before him are Shoichi Yokoi, Alexander Yegorov, Harold Bride, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Arthur MacArthur Jr., and Andreas Hofer. After him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Datis, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Uqba ibn Nafi, John of Austria the Younger, and Mitsuo Fuchida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Dmitry Pozharsky ranks 8. Before him are Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, Robert Burton, Scipione Borghese, François Leclerc du Tremblay, and Paul Guldin. After him are Cristofano Allori, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Kobayakawa Hideaki, and Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1642, Dmitry Pozharsky ranks 7. Before him are Galileo Galilei, Cardinal Richelieu, Marie de' Medici, Guido Reni, Saskia van Uylenburgh, and Safi of Persia. After him are Pieter van Laer, Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, Friedrich Kettler, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Frans Francken the Younger.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Pozharsky ranks 415 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Serov (1905), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Yury Luzhkov (1936), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Alexey Ekimov (1945), and Alexander Griboyedov (1795). After him are Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154), Irving Berlin (1888), and Lauri Kristian Relander (1883).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Dmitry Pozharsky ranks 36. Before him are Leonid Govorov (1897), Pavel Nakhimov (1802), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Sergei Skripal (1951), Viktor Kulikov (1921), and Alexander Yegorov (1883). After him are Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), Roza Shanina (1924), Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), and Filipp Golikov (1900).

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