Minin and Pozharsky

A chronicle of the Time of Troubles based on the book by Ruslan Skrynnikov from the ZhZL series. Among the brilliant constellation of fighters for the independence of the Russian national state, Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky hold a special place. Their names are forever linked to the feat accomplished by the Russian people in the name of liberating their homeland in 1612. A reasonably complete biography of the elected man Minin, as well as that of Pozharsky, has yet to be written. Minin and Pozharsky left behind neither diaries, nor letters, nor memoirs. No one can even say when Kuzma Minin was born — he stood on the lowest rungs of the social ladder. Pozharsky came from a princely family, so his biography is better known, yet it too contains far too many gaps. At a turning point in Russian history at the beginning of the 17th century, the reason, will, and solidarity of these remarkable men left a deep mark on all that transpired. The radio version of Ruslan Skrynnikov's book presents the dramatic events of the liberation of Moscow from Polish invaders in 1612, as well as rare authentic testimonies of the military and civic heroism of Minin and Pozharsky.