Fyodor Fyodorovich Volkonsky, Merin (Russian, ''Фёдор Фёдорович Волко́нский '') (died 1665) was a Russian statesman and
boyar
A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. C ...
who led the Russian units during the
Siege of Belaya
The siege of Belaya was the final military episode of the Smolensk War. The defense of the fortress by its small Russian garrison against a large Polish-Lithuanian army of King Władysław IV Vasa thwarted the king's plan to march against Moscow ...
in 1634 in time of
Smolensk War
The Smolensk War (1632–1634) was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia.
Hostilities began in October 1632 when Russian forces tried to capture the city of Smolensk. Small military engagements produced mix ...
.
Voivode
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...
of
Mtsensk
Mtsensk () is a town in Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Zusha River (a tributary of the Oka) northeast of Oryol, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 28,000 (1970).
History
It was first mentioned in the Nikon Chronic ...
in 1605. Son of Fedor Ivanovich Volkonsky, Merin
:ru:Волконский, Фёдор Иванович Мерин.
References
17th-century Russian diplomats
Khmelnytsky Uprising
Russian people of the Smolensk War
Russian people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
1665 deaths
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