Nemirovich, Andrey

Representative of the Lithuanian gentry clan coat of arms Yastrzhembek . The son of Yakub Andreevich Nemirovich and Svyatokhna (widow of Andrei Dovgerdovich, son of the governor of Vilna, Jan Dovgerd ). Grandson of Andrei (Andryushka) Nemirovich , great-grandson of the governor of Polotsk, Jan Nemira .

He took part in numerous battles with the Tatars , well knew the tactics of the enemy, methods of dealing with the sudden raids of their horse detachments. In 1514, taking into account his experience as a military leader and in connection with the need to protect the southern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from Tatar attacks, Andrei Nemirovich was appointed governor of Kiev.

He severely oppressed the local population ^[1] . According to historical documents, in 1523, Kiev peasants complained about him to the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old . In 1529, Andrei Nemirovich, through his governor Kisel, was the holder of the Chernobyl castle.

Under the leadership of the great Lithuanian hetman, Konstantin Ostrozhsky, together with the head of Cherkasy Eustache Dashkevich , he defeated the army of the Crimean Khanate on January 27, 1527 during the battle of Olshanitsa near Kiev .

After the ceasefire in 1534 and the start of a new Lithuanian-Russian war , Nemirovich’s troops besieged Starodub and burned out its surroundings. Voivode A. Levin made a sortie and the Lithuanian troops, abandoning siege weapons, retreated from the city. Having failed, Nemirovich approached the poorly defended city of Radogosh and made an attempt to seize it. The townspeople showed fierce resistance and then Nemirovich set fire to Radogosh. The garrison, under the command of the governor Lykov, burned down in flames along with the governor. Nemirovich’s army captured many inhabitants and approached Chernigov , besieged him and began to fire from cannons. The head of the defense of the city governor, Prince Fyodor Mezetskiy, while shooting at the fortress artillery , didn’t let the enemy go to the walls during the day, but at night he sent Chernihiv troops to Nemirovich’s camp and suddenly attacked the enemy, who, being defeated, fled to Kiev, leaving the besieged convoy and all guns .

In 1535, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I, taking advantage of the infancy of Ivan IV , decided to regain the Smolensk region and again detached 40,000 Polish-Lithuanian troops to Starodub. At the forefront of these forces were Dashkevich and Bulgak, followed by Nemirovich, Yuri Radzivil , Jan Tarnovsky and Prince Ilya Ostrozhsky. The troops were first successful. Gomel was taken, besieged by Telepnevo. But approaching Starodub, the Lithuanians rebuffed the garrison under the command of the governor Prince Telepnev-Obolensky , then having made a secret dig, they blew up the fortress wall and broke into the city, killing 13,000 inhabitants.

In 1536, Sigismund sent Nemirovich with an army to Sebezh , a newly built wooden-earthen fortress. The siege of Sebezh turned into a major setback. Polish-Lithuanian gunners acted ineptly, more often fell into their own. During the attack of the enemy, the army of Nemirovich was defeated. A large number of Nemirovich’s soldiers died on Lake Sebezh , the ice of which broke under the weight of the Lithuanians who fled, and the governor Nemirovich fled again to Kiev, and again left banners and guns.

Andrei Nemirovich died in 1541.

“Voivode of Kiev Andrey Nemirovich was married to his sister Bogdan; Hetman of Little Russia Predslav Lantskoronsky was his friend. ”

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