Prince Dmitry Timofeyevich Troubetzkoy (died: 24 May 1625) was a Russian military and political figure during the

Time of Troubles The Time of Troubles (russian: Смутное время, ), or Smuta (russian: Смута), was a period of political crisis during the Tsardom of Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Fyodor I (Fyodor Ivanovich, the last of the Rurik dy ...

, one of the leaders in a rebellion against the Polish occupation and the leader of the

Zemsky Sobor The Zemsky Sobor ( rus, зе́мский собо́р, p=ˈzʲemskʲɪj sɐˈbor, t=assembly of the land) was a parliament of the Tsardom of Russia's estates of the realm active during the 16th and 17th centuries. The assembly represented Ru ...

's provisional government. Together with

Dmitry Pozharsky Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky ( rus, Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadersh ...

and

Kuzma Minin Kuzma (Kozma) Minin (; full name Kuzma Minich Zakhariev-Sukhoruky, born late 1570s - died 1616) was a Russian merchant from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, who, together with Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, became a national hero for his role in defending t ...

, he directed the release of the capital from the Poles, and for the time after the expulsion of the Poles and before the election of

Mikhail Romanov Michael I ( Russian: Михаил Фёдорович Романов, ''Mikhaíl Fyódorovich Románov'') () became the first Russian tsar of the House of Romanov after the Zemskiy Sobor of 1613 elected him to rule the Tsardom of Russia. He ...

, he was elected ruler of the Russian state. For his activities, he received the title of "Savior of the Fatherland" and was one of the contenders for the royal throne at the Zemsky Sobor of 1613.

Biography

Trubetskoy was first mentioned on April 11, 1607. He was in

Kozelsk Kozelsk (russian: Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River ( Oka's tributary), southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Popul ...

(probably as governor). He was dissatisfied with the policy of Vasily Shuisky and in December 1608 he joined the army of

False Dmitry II False Dmitry II ( rus, Лжедмитрий II, Lzhedmitrii II; died ), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called "тушинский вор" ("rebel/criminal of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne w ...

. After the death of False Dmitry II, Trubetskoy enters into negotiations with

Prokopy Lyapunov Prokopy Petrovich Lyapunov () (Isady, Grand Duchy of Moscow; Grand Duchy of Ryazan became a part of Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1521 and Moscow shouldn't be confused as a birth place which is located to the east of Old Ryazan, in a village that sur ...

on the organization of the first rebellion to liberate Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian occupiers and the « Seven Boyars». The first militia in April–May 1611 stormed the walls of the "

Zemlyanoy gorod Zemlyanoy Gorod ( rus, Земляной город, p=zʲɪmlʲɪˈnoj ˈɡorət "Earthworks City") in 17th-century Moscow was the outer ring of the city, surrounded by ramparts and a moat. It surrounded the older moat built by Aloisio the New i ...

" and the walls of the " Belyy gorod", freeing up most of Moscow (more than 95%), and locked up the Poles in the Kremlin and "Kitay gorod". After the split of the militia, Dmitry remained at the head of a few noble detachments and Cossack “camps” near Moscow (together with

Ivan Zarutsky Ivan Martynovich Zarutsky (''Заруцкий, Иван Мартынович'' in Russian) (died 1614) was a Cossack leader in Russia in the early 17th century. Biography In 1606–1607, ataman Zarutsky and his men took part in the Bolotnikov Uprisi ...

). In the fall of 1612, with an agreement on “unity”, he headed (together with Prince Pozharsky and Minin) the combined military force and the Zemsky government. October 22, Cossacks of Dmitry Trubetskoy stormed Kitay Gorod. This day (November 4, according to the new style) in the 21st century became a national holiday of national unity. Two days later, the Poles began negotiations on surrender, and the Time of Troubles came to an end. Dmitry Trubetskoy, as the head of the Zemsky government, headed Russia before the election of Mikhail Romanov as tsar (March 3, 1613). Later, Mikhail Romanov appointed Trubetskoy governor to

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part o ...

, where he died in

Tobolsk Tobolsk (russian: Тобо́льск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. Founded in 1590, Tobolsk is the second-oldest Russian settlement east of the Ural Mountains in Asian Russia, ...

on June 24, 1625. From Tobolsk, his body was transported for burial in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The grave of Trubetskoy is located in the underlining of the Trinity Cathedral next to the graves of his brother, father and first wife.

References

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