Vasily Mikhailovich Saltykov - the son of the ancestor of the Saltykovs , the younger brother of the armsman A.M. Saltykov , the Moscow governor, who became famous in 1518 for protecting Opochka from Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky .
The hero of the Sigismund, Konstantin Ostrozhsky, wanted to conquer Opochka, where Vasily Mikhailovich Saltykov was governor, worthy of living in history: for he surprised his friends and enemies with rare courage. The Lithuanians, together with the Bohemian and German mercenaries, for two weeks smashed this insignificant fortress with cannons; the walls were falling; but Saltykov, his soldiers and citizens did not weaken in vigorous defense, repelled the attack, killed many people and the voivode of the Falcon, robbing him of the banner. Meanwhile, the Moscow governors were in a hurry to Opochka: from Great Onions, Prince. Alexander Rostovsky, from Vyazma Vasily Shuisky. Ahead were Prince Fedor Obolensky Telepnev and the brave husband Ivan Lyatsky with boyar children: they near Konstantinov’s camp in three places routed 14,000 enemies and the new army sent by Sigismund to Ostrog; captured the governor, took the convoy and guns. Our main force went directly to Konstantin: he did not want to wait for her, lifted the siege, retired at brisk paces and could not save the heavy wall-hung guns that remained Saltykov's trophies.
- “ History of the Russian state ”