Yury Baryatinsky
Yury Nikitich Baryatinski (
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 Lithuania.
When the
In 1658, after a part of the Cossack leadership under Ivan Vyhovsky switched the sides and allied themselves with the Poles, Baryatinsky defeated the hetman's brother Konstantin Vyhovsky near Vasylkiv. As a trophy, Baryatinsky captured the bulawa of Vyhovsky which today is shown in the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.[2]
In 1659, Baryatinsky was appointed as
Baryatinsky's action served as an example for the Russian garrisons of
In 1663, Baryatinsky became an okolnichy. In 1668, he repelled an assault of the Crimean tatars on Ryazan.
In the years 1670 and 1671 he was one of the main suppressors of revolt of
Family
Baryatinsky had two sons: Yury and Fyodor.
See also
References
- ^ Kurbatov O. A. (Курбатов О. А.) - Essays on the development of the Russian cavalry tactics of the "squadron service" (Очерки развития тактики русской конницы «сотенной службы») (chapter 16 and 17). // Military Archaeology (Военная археология), Issue 2, in press
- Battle of Konotop. 28 June 1659 (Битва под Конотопом. 28 июня 1659 года) — Zeughaus, 2009
- ISBN 5-224-03660-7