Mikhail Vasilyevich Skopin-Shuisky

Prince Michail Wassiljewitsch Skopin-Schuiski ( Russian Михаил Васильевич Скопин-Шуйский ) (* November 8th ^July / November 18, 1586 ^greg .; † April 23rd ^July / May 3, 1610 ^greg. In Moscow ) was a Russian statesman and General in the time of turmoil . He fought repeatedly against Ivan Bolotnikov and the pseudodimitri II.

Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky was a distant relative of Tsar Vasily Shuisky . During the siege of Moscow by Pseudodimitris II's troops, the tsar sent the talented young general to Novgorod to sign an alliance with Sweden . At the head of a Russian-Swedish army (the Swedes were led by Jakob De la Gardie ), Skopin-Shuiski undertook a liberation campaign against the forces of Pseudodimitris II, which consisted to a considerable extent of Polish-Lithuanian adventurers and Cossacks. The Russian-Swedish army won a number of battles, captured several northern Russian cities, and lifted the sieges of the Trinity Monastery of Sergiev Posad and Moscow.

For his successes, Skopin-Shuiski was celebrated as a national hero. He was preparing for a campaign to relieve the city of Smolensk , which was besieged by Polish royal troops (see Polish-Russian War 1609–1618 ). But the unpopular royal family became jealous of the young general's popularity and feared for their power. Skopin-Shuisky died unexpectedly at the age of 23 after a festive meal in Moscow. Many contemporaries and historians especially accused the brother of Tsar Dmitri Shuiski, who believed himself to be the heir to the throne, of using poison. Dmitri Shuiski himself led the campaign to Smolensk and lost the decisive battle of Klushino . As a consequence, the Poles invaded Moscow. The royal family was captured and taken to Poland, where its members died.

In 1835 Nestor Kukolnik published a drama entitled “Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich Skopin-Shuiski”.

literature

[anonymous; presumably Nestor Kukolnik]: Prince Skopin Shuisky or Russia at the time of the false Demetrius . [Cabinet of fiction reading the latest and greatest novels of all nations. By Hermann Meynert]. Pest, Hartleben, 1852.

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personal data
SURNAME	Skopin-Schuiski, Michail Wassiljewitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian statesman and military leader in times of turmoil
DATE OF BIRTH	November 18, 1586
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 1610
Place of death	Moscow