Dmitry Pozharsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Pozharsky

Rurikid prince

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1577

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1642

Profession: military personnel, politician

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (Russian: ???´???? ????´?????? ????´?????, IPA: ['dm?itr??j m??'xajl?v??t? p?'?arsk??j]; 17 October 1577 - 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite 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 Motherland 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.