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Kuzma Minin

Russian military leader (1570s–1616)

Field	Value
name	Kuzma Minin
native_name	Кузьма Минин
native_name_lang	ru
image	Kuzma Minin engraving.png
office	Zemsky headman of Nizhny Novgorod
term_start	1611
term_end	1612
monarch	Vacant (officially claimed)
Władysław (disputed; unrecognised by him)
governor	Alexander Repnin
birth_date
birth_place	Balakhna
death_date	May 21, 1616
resting_place	Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral
resting_place_coordinates
nationality	Russian
partner	Tatiana Semenovna
children	Nefed
father	Mina (monk Misail)
allegiance	Tsardom of Russia
branch	Militia
rank	Head of the
battles	Battle of Moscow

Władysław (disputed; unrecognised by him) Kuzma Minin (), full name Kuzma Minich Zakhariev-Sukhoruky (; – May 21, 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 Russia (1605-1618) coinciding with the Time of Troubles. The popular uprising ultimately led to Russian victory at the Battle of Moscow and the end of Polish occupation in 1612. Minin and Pozharsky become national heroes in Russian culture and were honored in the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow's Red Square.

A native of Balakhna, Minin was a prosperous butcher in Nizhny Novgorod. When the popular patriotic movement to organize volunteer corps in his home city was formed, the 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 ().

The army, led by Prince Pozharsky, was credited with clearing the Moscow Kremlin of Polish 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 of Russia 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.

Family

Minin had a single son, Nefed. After Minin's death his property rights passed to his widow, Tatiana Semenovna, and his son. A royal decree was issued on July 5, 1616, confirming the family's possession of an estate in the Nizhny Novgorod district consisting of the town of Bogorodskoye with its associated villages. Additionally, Nefed Minin owned property in the Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod, although after the completion of his service, he lived mostly in Moscow where he worked as a government clerk. In 1625 he attended the departure of the Persian ambassador and in 1626 he is recorded as standing by the sovereign's lantern at two royal weddings. No mention is made of him in official records after 1628. Nefed died in 1632 and the lands granted to his father reverted to the crown before being passed to Prince Jacob Kudenekovich Cherkassky.

Tatiana Minina continued to live in Nizhny Novgorod. It appears that at an advanced age she took monastic vows and entered a convent – most likely the Resurrection Convent, located inside the city's Kremlin.

Historical analysis

Minin is generally well regarded by later historians such as Ivan Zabelin and Mikhail Pogodin, having gained respect for his heroic actions.

Depictions

File:Minin i Pozharskiy.jpg|Minin and Pozharsky (right to left) by Mikhail Scotti, 1850 File:Воззвание Минина к нижегородцам в 1611 году.jpg|Minin's appeal to the people of Nizhny Novgorod. Painting by Mikhail Peskov, 1861 File:Appeal of Minin.jpg|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.

References

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"The ancient heroes of the Russian people's militia" in "Kommersant-Den'gi", available online
Kuzma Minin in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Minin, Kuzma in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

References

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