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Kuzma Minich Minin (? – 1616) was a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Pozharsky

For the ship of the same name, see Sverdlov class cruiserDmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurik Dynasty prince who helped bring the Time of Troubles to an end and obtained from the tsar an unprecedented title of the Saviour of Motherland....
, became a national hero for his role in defending the country against the Polish invasion in the early-17th century.

A native of Balakhna
Balakhna

Balakhna is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of the Volga River, 32 km north of Nizhny Novgorod....
, Minin was a prosperous butcher
Butcher

A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. Many butchers sell their goods in specialized stores, although in the Western world today most meat is sold through supermarkets....
 (meat trader) in the city of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
. When the popular patriotic movement to organize volunteer corps in his native city was formed, the city merchants chose Minin, a trusted and respected member of the guild
Guild

File:Windsorguildhall.jpgA guild is an association of artisan in a particular trade. The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers....
, to oversee the handling of the public funds donated by them to raise and equip the Second Volunteer Army (?????? ???????? ?????????).

The army led by prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Pozharsky

For the ship of the same name, see Sverdlov class cruiserDmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurik Dynasty prince who helped bring the Time of Troubles to an end and obtained from the tsar an unprecedented title of the Saviour of Motherland....
 was credited for clearing the Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
 from Polish-Lithuanian
Polish-Lithuanian

Polish?Lithuanian can refer to:* Polish?Lithuanian union * Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth * Polish?Lithuanian relations * Polish minority in Lithuania...
 forces on November 1, 1612.






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Kuzma Minich Minin (? – 1616) was a merchant from Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Pozharsky

For the ship of the same name, see Sverdlov class cruiserDmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurik Dynasty prince who helped bring the Time of Troubles to an end and obtained from the tsar an unprecedented title of the Saviour of Motherland....
, became a national hero for his role in defending the country against the Polish invasion in the early-17th century.

A native of Balakhna
Balakhna

Balakhna is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of the Volga River, 32 km north of Nizhny Novgorod....
, Minin was a prosperous butcher
Butcher

A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. Many butchers sell their goods in specialized stores, although in the Western world today most meat is sold through supermarkets....
 (meat trader) in the city of Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
. When the popular patriotic movement to organize volunteer corps in his native city was formed, the city merchants chose Minin, a trusted and respected member of the guild
Guild

File:Windsorguildhall.jpgA guild is an association of artisan in a particular trade. The earliest guilds were formed as confraternities of workers....
, to oversee the handling of the public funds donated by them to raise and equip the Second Volunteer Army (?????? ???????? ?????????).

The army led by prince Dmitry Pozharsky
Dmitry Pozharsky

For the ship of the same name, see Sverdlov class cruiserDmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Rurik Dynasty prince who helped bring the Time of Troubles to an end and obtained from the tsar an unprecedented title of the Saviour of Motherland....
 was credited for clearing the Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
 from Polish-Lithuanian
Polish-Lithuanian

Polish?Lithuanian can refer to:* Polish?Lithuanian union * Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth * Polish?Lithuanian relations * Polish minority in Lithuania...
 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
Tsar

Tsar or czar , occasionally spelled csar or tzar in English language, is a slavs term designating certain monarchs.Originally, the title Czar meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who has the same rank as a Ancient Rome or Byzantine emperor due to recognition by another emperor or...
 Michael Romanov
Michael I of Russia

Mikhail I Fyodorovich Romanov was the first Russian tsar of the house of Romanov, being the son of Feodor Nikitich Romanov, afterwards the Patriarch Filaret , and Xenia Shestova , afterwards the great nun Martha....
. 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.