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Prince Mikhail Vasiliyevich Skopin-Shuisky
(Михаил
Василье&
#1074;ич
Скопин-Ш
уйский in
Russian language|Russian) (1587 - April 23 (May
3), 1610) was a Russian statesman and military
figure during the Time of Troubles. 

Having lost his father - Vasili Feodorovich
Skopin-Shuisky - at an early age, Mikhail
Skopin-Shuisky was educated by his mother. During
the reign of Boris Godunov, he was appointed
stolnik (tsar's assistant). False Dmitriy I made
Mikhail his mechnik, or sword carrier, and asked
him personally to bring Marfa Ivanovna - mother of
Michael I of Russia|Mikhail I - to Moscow from
exile. During the reign of Vasili IV of
Russia|Vasili IV, Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky became a
close associate of the tsar, being his cousin. He
began his military "career" in 1606 with the
appearance of Ivan Bolotnikov, whom he would
defeat twice, first near the Pakhra River with a
small unit at his disposal (after Bolotnikov had
crushed the Muscovite army led by Mstislavsky and
other boyars) and then at Kotly. After the second
defeat, Bolotnikov and his men fled to Tula.
Skopin-Shuisky took an active part in a successful
siege of Tula alongside the Muscovite army. When
False Dmitriy II appeared on the political
horizon, Vasili IV decided to seek help from the
Swedes and sent his cousin Mikhail to Novgorod to
negotiate with them. Despite some obstacles,
Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky managed to persuade the
Swedes to help the Russian tsar. On April 14,
1609, Mikhail left Novgorod with 12,000
Sweden|Swedish soldiers under the command of Jacob
De la Gardie to save the Russian throne. Mikhail
Skopin-Shuisky captured Oreshek, Tver and Torzhok
and cleared the north of the country from the
enemies. He also defeated Hetman Jan Piotrus
Sapieha at Kalyazin and made him abandon the siege
of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. Mikhail's actions
were often impeded by lack of funding for the
Swedish Mercenary|mercenaries and necessity to
train his own army. Nevertheless, many supporters
of False Dmitriy II chose to flee at the sight of
Mikhail's army and this gained him a reputation of
the savior of the fatherland. At one point,
Prokopy Lyapunov's companions came to Mikhail
Skopin-Shuisky and offered him the Russian throne,
but he declined the offer. When he came to Moscow,
he was greeted in a very solemn manner. 

All of this made Mikhail's relatives burst with
envy, especially his uncle Dmitry Ivanovich
Shuisky, who had had to surrender his post of the
commander of the Muscovite army in favor of
Mikhail. It appears that the tsar himself decided
to get rid of his 23-year-old rival. During a
celebration, Dmitriy Shuisky's wife poisoned
Mikhail's food and he died on April 23, 1610 after
two weeks of suffering. Vasili IV order to bury
him in the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, but
away from other royal crypts.

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