Yury Nikitich Baryatinski (russian: Юрий Никитич Барятинский; born in 1610, died in 1685) was a

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and

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from the

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house of Baryatinsky. Baryatinsky was born as a son of Nikita Petrovich Baryatinsky. He was born in 1610 but there are no records of the specific location. Until 1653 he made a military career and served in several cities before he was sent as a diplomat to

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. When the Russo-Polish War 1654—67 broke out Baryatinsky was one of the military leaders on the Russian side. In 1654, in the Battle of Szkłów he defeated a Lithuanian army of Janusz Radziwill which was twice as big as his detachment, thus helping the surrender of Smolensk. Next year he served in the Novgorodian regiment of Semyon Urusov. In 1655 he was victorious near

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and defeated the army of the

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in the battle of Brest. In 1658, after a part of the

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leadership under

Ivan Vyhovsky Ivan Vyhovsky ( uk, Іван Виговський; pl, Iwan Wyhowski / Jan Wyhowski; date of birth unknown, died 1664), a Ukrainian military and political figure and statesman, served as hetman of the Zaporizhian Host and of the Cossack Hetma ...

switched the sides and allied themselves with the Poles, Baryatinsky defeated the hetman's brother Konstantin Vyhovsky near

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. As a trophy, Baryatinsky captured the

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of Vyhovsky which today is shown in the

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. In 1659, Baryatinsky was appointed as

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and as the right hand of

Vasily Sheremetev Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (russian: Василий Борисович Шереметев) (1622 - 24 April 1682)Chukhlib, Taras. Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (ШЕРЕМЕТЄВ ВАСИЛЬ БОРИСОВИЧ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukra ...

who commanded the Russian troops there. After Sheremetev left the city with his army, Baryatinsky became the commander of the city's garrison. Sheremetev capitulated after the

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and ordered Baryatinsky to withdraw from the ancient city according to his new treaty with the Poles. Baryatinsky, however, refused to do so, answering with historical words: "''I only take orders from his Majesty, not from Sheremetev. There are many

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s in Moscow!''".Slavic encyclopedia: 17th century
(Славянская энциклопедия: XVII век) / Author: Vladimir Boguslavsky (В. Богуславский). — Olma-Press, 2004. — Volume 2 (From N to Ya). — Page 671 — 5000 specimens — Baryatinsky's action served as an example for the Russian garrisons of

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and other cities. At the same time, discontent began to rise in the Polish army due to missing payments, leading to widespread desertion. Baryatinsky's determined action allowed to alleviate the consequences of the Chudniv battle and to keep a significant part of Ukraine unter Russian control until the end of the war. In 1663, Baryatinsky became an

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. In 1668, he repelled an assault of the Crimean tatars on

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. In the years 1670 and 1671 he was one of the main suppressors of revolt of

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. As the commander of the governmental army he soundly defeated the army of Razin in the

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which made Razin flee to the

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area. After 1671 Baryatinsky lived at the court in Moscow in the rank of a boyar. In 1682 he supported the decree of

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for the abolition of

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Family

Baryatinsky had two sons: Yury and Fyodor.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baryatinsky, Yury Russian military leaders Russian people of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) 1685 deaths Year of birth unknown

Family

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