Glebovich, Yuri Nikolaevich

Yuri Nikolayevich Glebovich ( Jerzy Karol Glebovich ; Polish. Jerzy Karol Hlebowicz , 1605 ? - April 18, 1669 , Zaslavl , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ^[1] ) - statesman of the Commonwealth from the family Glebovich of the coat of arms “Leliva” .

Yuri Nikolaevich Glebovich
polish Jerzy Karol Hlebowicz
Coat of arms of Glebovich “Leliva”
Governor of Smolensk 1643 - 1653
Monarch	Vladislav IV (until 1648), Jan II Casimir (since 1648)
Predecessor	Kriftosh Gonsevsky
Successor	Pavel Jan Sapega
Warden Zhmudsky 1653 - 1668
Monarch	Jan II Casimir
Predecessor	Jan Alphonse Lack
Successor	Alexander Polubinsky
Voivode Vilensky 1668 - 1669
Predecessor	Michael Casimir Radziwill
Successor	Mikhail Casimir Patz
Birth	1605 ( 1605 )
Death	April 18, 1669 ( 1669-04-18 ) Zaslavl , Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Kind	Glebovichi
Birth name	Jerzy Karol Glebovich
Father	Nikolai Yanovich Glebovich
Mother	Marsebela Koretskaya
Spouse	Katerina Radziwill
Children	Marsebela Christina Barbara

The son of Nikolai Glebovich and Marzebel Koretskaya. In 1633 he was appointed headman of Aniksht and Radoshkovichi. He began his political career in June 1639 , receiving the position of royal subordinate . In the same 1639 he was appointed to the post of Lithuanian subcarbium.

In 1640, he married Katerina Radziwill, the sister of the hetman Janusz Radziwill . In 1643 he was appointed governor of Smolensk. He devoted much time to strengthening the fortifications of Smolensk , temporarily setting aside political affairs in Vilna , Krakow and Warsaw , where he rarely appeared. In March 1644 and in 1645 he took an active part in the meetings of the Senate of the Commonwealth. During the non-populace, he only arrived in Krakow in November to take part in the elections and sign the electoral diploma of Jan Casimir Vazy . During the coronation diet he raised for discussion issues relating to the defense of Smolensk. In 1650 he participated in the work of the commission established in Vilna on the financing of the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . In 1651 he was commissioner at the conclusion of peace with the Cossacks in the White Church , and then in negotiations with the Cossacks in 1659 . In 1653 he was appointed headman of the Zhmudsky .

During the Russian-Polish war of 1654-1667 he took part in hostilities. In 1655, he adopted the protectorate of Sweden, among others signing the Union of Kaydan . Later, the commissioner participated in diplomatic and peace negotiations with Russia ( 1660 , 1662 , 1664 ). Since 1659 he was in correspondence with Boguslav Radziwill regarding the possessions of the latter in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As part of the delegation of the Commonwealth, he signed the Andrusov Armistice in January 1667 , according to contemporaries, played a significant role in its conclusion. In 1668, including as a reward for concluding the Andrusovsky truce, Glebovich was appointed governor of Vilnius .

Glebovich held a compromise position with Russia in the negotiations, although with the transfer to her of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh he lost a significant part of his hereditary possessions.