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  Kuzma Minin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kuzma Minich Minin ( Russian : Минин Кузьма Минич) (?-1616) was a Russian patriot who together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky rallied an army to defend Russia against Polish invasion.
A native of Balakhna, Minin was a prosperous butcher and a merchant in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.
Minin distinguished himself as a skilled commander and was made a nobleman and member of Boyar Duma under newly elected Tsar Michael Romanov.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuzma_Minin   (167 words)

  
 Nizhny Novgorod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1612, the so-called national militia, gathered by a local merchant Kuzma Minin and commanded by Knyaz Dmitry Pozharsky expelled the Polish troops from Moscow, thus putting an end to the Time of Troubles and establishing the rule of the Romanov dynasty.
The main square before the kremlin is named after Minin, and his remains are buried in the citadel.
In the course of the following century, the city prospered commercially and was chosen by the Stroganovs (the wealthiest merchant family of Russia) as a base for their operations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod   (1058 words)

  
 Wikipedia free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Under the influence of the great nobles who had unsuccessfully opposed the election of Godunov, the general discontent took the form of hostility to him as a usurper, and rumours were heard that the late tsar's younger brother Dmitri, supposed to be dead, was still alive and in hiding.
The throne was vacant, the great nobles quarrelling among themselves, the Catholic Poles in the Kremlin of Moscow, the Protestant Swedes in Novgorod, and enormous bands of brigands everywhere.
The severity of the crisis produced a remedy, in the form of a patriotic rising of the nation under the leadership of a Nizhny Novgorod butcher (literally by profession) Kuzma Minin and a Rurikid Prince Pozharsky.
saintvincent.paellaman.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Time_of_Troubles   (571 words)

  
 Nizhny Novgorod Hotels
The Hotel is situated on a high picturesque bank of the river Volga, in the historical centre of Nizhni Novgorod, one of the largest Russian cities.
Nizhni Novgorod Kremlin, Minin Square and Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street (the central street where the most popular shops, bars, restaurants are located) are in five - ten minute's walk from the Hotel.
Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharski, citizens of Nizhni Novgorod, and their people's army crushed the Polish invaders and saved Russia.
www.hotels-russia.info /novgorod-n.htm   (469 words)

  
 EAJC ANNOUNCEMENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Council offered to celebrate the holiday in memory of the events that took place in 1612 when under the command of Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky people’s volunteer corps liberated Moscow from invaders and put an end to the so called “Time of unrest”.
Inter-Religious Council members are of opinion that terrorists want to cause to quarrel the peoples of Russia, and spread among them unbelief in the future of their country.
To their mind, images of Minin and Pozharsky could become a symbol of this union.
www.eajc.org /anons_gen_e.php?id=155   (248 words)

  
 Dmitry Pozharsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pozharsky and Minin monument (1804-16) in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral
At the close of 1612, Pozharsky and Prince Dmitry Trubetskoi headed the Moscow provisional government and participated in electing Tsar Michael Romanov, the founder of the Romanov dynasty.
A monument to him and his fellow rebel, Nizhny Novgorod butcher (literally butcher by profession) Kuzma Minin, graces the Red Square in Moscow since the early 19th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dmitry_Pozharsky   (224 words)

  
 IMG_0337.JPG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the small garden outside St. Basil's stands an impressive bronze Statue to Minin and Pozharsky, who rallied Russia's volunteer army during the Time of Troubles (1610-1612) and drove out the invading Polish forces.
They were an interesting duo - Dmitry Pozharsky was a prince, while Kuzma Minin was a butcher from Nizhny Novgorod.
The statue was designed by the artist Martos and erected in 1818 as the city's first monumental sculpture.
www.gpuri.com /gpuri/album/russia/photos/photo_4.html   (72 words)

  
 gaurav's Mosco Journal
Burned by the Tatars in 1381 and again in 1572, the city was taken by the Poles during the Time of Troubles (see Russia).
In 1611 the Muscovites, under the leadership of Kuzma Minin (a butcher) and Prince Dmitri Pozharski, attacked the Polish garrison and forced the remaining Polish troops to surrender in 1612.
The large-scale growth of manufacturing in 17th-century Moscow, which necessitated an outlet to the sea, was instrumental in Peter I's decision to build St. Petersburg on the Baltic.
www.greatestcities.com /users/gikky/Europe/Russia/Moscow   (1557 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kuzma Minin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kuzma Minin
Minin, Kuzma (?-1616), Russian patriot who rallied an army to defend his country against Polish invasion.
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 New Holiday For Old Reasons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By the end of 1612, the militia had liberated Moscow, and in February 1613 the young Mikhail Romanov was elected Tsar, thus founding the dynasty that ruled Russia until 1917.
Curiously, out of the whole history of the end of the Time of Troubles, Minin and Pozharsky’s militia and the rise of the Romanovs, the date that was chosen — Nov. 4 — despite still being disputed by historians, is as close to the old holiday as possible.
However, in the early 19th century, when memories of the liberation of Moscow were reclaimed during the Napoleonic Wars, it was completely repainted, and emphasis shifted to the idea of an “organic unity” of the people — rejecting Western influences, overcoming internal tensions and emerging victorious under a God-given leader.
www.ocnus.net /cgi-bin/exec/view.cgi?archive=62&num=16058   (861 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square: Red Square Guide
It embodies the patriotic and civic ideals of the period when Moscow was being rebuilt after the fire of 1812 and paying homage to those who had vanquished the "invincible" Napoleon.
The monument's main theme is the meeting of the citizen of Nizhny Novgorod, Kuzma Minin, and the commander Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, the two leaders of the Russian people's struggle against foreign invaders in 1612.
Minin's shirt and trousers, for example, make him look like a Russian peasant, which emphasizes even more the monument's main theme, the patriotism of the Russian people.
www.dimkin.df.ru /moscow/square_9.html   (321 words)

  
 Embajada de la Federacion de Rusia en Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
KUZMA MININ Y DIMITRI POZHARSKI, SALVADORES DE RUSIA
El zar, que en aquel entonces tenía 20 años de edad, preguntó dónde estaba enterrado Kuzma Minin.
La poderosa oleada patriótica que se levantó en Nizhny Novgorod puso a la cabeza del movimiento popular a un ciudadano sencillo, Kuzma Minin, quien a su vez propuso que las milicias populares fueran dirigidas por el duque Dimitri Pozharski.
www.chile.mid.ru /2002/bull_426.html   (985 words)

  
 Page 4
The 22nd Extraordinary Congress of VLKSM (September 1991) decided the role of VLKSM as a federation of communist unions of youth to be completed.
Obverse : Monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky (Erected in 1818).
The Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed (built in the 16th century by master builders Barma and Posnik, and also known as the Cathedral of the Intercession) with its cupolas in the background.
www.damboulev.com /page_4.htm   (279 words)

  
 Kazan Cathedral in Moscow, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Kazanskaya Icon is one of the city's most precious icons and was discovered by a 9-year-old girl, to whom legend has it the Virgin Mary appeared three times in dreams to tell her of the miracle-working icon's location.
During the Time of Troubles Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharin carried the icon from Yaroslavl on a liberation march to Moscow, which was occupied by Polish troops.
After a 5-day siege of the Kitai Gorod area of the city, the Poles were defeated and Russia spared, just as it had been promised by Saint Sergei Radonezhsky in a dream to the Greek Archbishop Arseny, who was sheltering in the Kremlin during the battle.
www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/red-square/kazan-cathedral.html   (447 words)

  
 St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the small garden outside St. Basil's stands an impressive bronze Statue to Minin and Pozharsky, who rallied Russia's volunteer army during the Time of Troubles and drove out the invading Polish forces.
It originally stood in the center of Red Square in front of what is now the GUM Department Store, with Minin symbolically indicating to Pozharsky that the Poles were occupying the Kremlin and calling for its liberation.
The Soviet authorities felt that the statue had become an obstacle during parades and after the construction of the Lenin Mausoleum Red Square, its position was considered rather ambiguous and was eventually moved to the garden in front of St. Basil's in 1936.
www.moscow-taxi.com /churches/st-basils-cathedral.html   (1012 words)

  
 Nizhny Novgorod Travel Guide - Sights
Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street; formerly Sverdlov, informally called Pokrovka or Sverdlovka, connects Minin and Pozharsky Square with Gorky Square and crosses the historical central part of the city.
The Exhibition Hall, with the main entrance on Minin Square, an art salon and the Kharbin Chinese restaurant, with its entrance on Pokrovskaia Street, are located here.
The corner of Minin Square and the Upper Embankment formerly housed the offices of the "Volga Steamship Company".
nizhnynovgorod.russiantravelguides.com /sights.html   (1976 words)

  
 Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery in Moscow, Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Novodevichy has experienced a lively and tumultuous history and was badly damaged during the Time of Troubles, when the Polish and Swedish army captured the convent in 1612.
Although liberated not long after by the volunteer Russian army, led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Pozharsky, the convent buildings were restructured at the end of that century in the then fashionable Moscow baroque style.
It was during this period that the stately Church of the Transfiguration was built, boasting 5 golden cupolas on high towers, topped with Orthodox crosses.
www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/novodevichy-convent.html   (1185 words)

  
 The Time of Trouble - Olga's Gallery
In autumn the local community elected the merchant Kuzma Minin as their head.
They chose prince Dmitry Pozharsky as the commander because he was highly esteemed by the people: he was a known military leader and had no connections with court intrigues.
The cooperation of Minin and Pozharsky, was the foundation for victory.
www.abcgallery.com /list/2001oct16.html   (682 words)

  
 LittauNet Daily Picture
The other eight small churches are built around the main dome, with paths from one to the other.
The bronze statue in front honors Minin and Pozharsky, who rallied Russia's volunteer army during the Time of Troubles and drove out the invading Polish forces.
Dmitry Pozharsky was a prince and Kuzma Minin was a butcher.
www.littau.net /pictures/nov04/113004pic.html   (166 words)

  
 CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES MP3/WMA: The Moscow State Academic Choir & Andrey Kozhevnikov
Minin and Pozharsky, or The Liberation of Moscow: An Oratorio for Soloists, Choir, and Orchestra (Libretto by Nikolai Gorchakov)
Act One: Recitative: "Citizens, prepare yourselves to hear the terrible news" (Palitsyn, Minin)
Under Kozhevnikov's leadership, the Moscow State Choir has resurrected a number of early Russian works, including Degtyarev's patriotic oratorio, Minin and Pozharsky - the first such Russian work, written on the eve of the Patriotic War of 1812; it is among the works featured here at the Classical Archives.
www.classicalarchives.com /artists/moscow_state_academic_choir.html   (1177 words)

  
 Russia, Moscow, Historical Architecture - JRL 4-29-05
The preliminary project was approved by the scientific-methodical council in February 2005.
Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin rallied the Russians against the Poles.
Minin was a butcher from Nizhny Novgorod whose citizens funded the volunteer army.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/9134-25.cfm   (2259 words)

  
 St. Basil's Cathedral (Moscow) - OrthodoxWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Not particularly large, it consists of nine chapels built on a single foundation.
In a garden at the front of the cathedral stands a bronze statue commemorating Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, who rallied Russia's volunteer army against the Polish invaders during the Time of Troubles in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
The statue was originally constructed in the center of Red Square, but the Soviet government felt it obstructed parades and moved the statue in front of the cathedral in 1936.
www.orthodoxwiki.org /St._Basil's_Cathedral_(Moscow)   (225 words)

  
 MOSCOW METRO UNDERGROUND SUBWAY IN MOSCOW TUBE RUSSIA MAP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the midst of WWII on 20th November 1943, Novokusnetskaya Station was opened as a show of continued Soviet strength despite the raging armed struggle being fought by the country.
The station was designed by Baranov and Bykov and patriotically decorated with heroes from Russian history, including the great Russian military commanders Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov and Prince Kutuzov.
The station's mosaic decorations were designed by Deineka and created during the siege of Leningrad by the craftsman Frolov and later brought to Moscow.
www.voentour.com /excursion/metro.shtml   (906 words)

  
 The Moscow Kremlin - Pages of history
The period of 1605 - 1612 was named in history the Great Distemper.
In 1612, national home guard under the leadership of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and merchant from Nizhni Novgorod Kuzma Minin released Moscow from interveners.
In the early 1613,  in the Kremlin  Faceted Chamber, the Zemskiy Council elected to the most high throne of Russia 13 years old Michael Fyodorovich Romanov - the first tsar of a new dynasty that ruled in Russia for three hundred years.
www.kremlin.museum.ru /en/main/history/kremlin/XVII   (320 words)

  
 History
In front of the St. Basil's Cathedral is the Monument to Minin and Pozharski.
It is the oldest civilian monument in Moscow and shows a meeting of Kuzma Minin and Prinz Dmitri Pozharski.
In the liberation war (1612) they headed the peoples volunteer corps and drove the Polish invaders out of Moscow.
www.geo.tu-freiberg.de /studenten/Baikal_2004/baikalexcursion/history/moskow/moskow.htm   (750 words)

  
 Sunbirds.com: - Russian Lacquer item   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Two leaders came together in Russia to fight the invaders.
Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitri Pozharsky joined forces to do battle in order to defend the Russian land.
In September of 1612 they would help other Russian troops would recapture Moscow and free the land of the Polish soldiers.
www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/200838   (395 words)

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