Nikolai Pototsky ( 1628 - 1676 ) - statesman and military leader of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , captain of the crown troops (since 1654 ), headman of Kamenetsky ( 1661 ), general headman (general) of the land of Podolsky and commandant of Kamenetsky ( 1664 ), headman of Letichivsky and Cherkassky .
| Nikolay Pototsky | ||||
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| polish Mikołaj potocki | ||||
 Coat of arms of Pilyava | ||||
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| Birth | 1628 | |||
| Death | 1676 | |||
| Kind | Potocki | |||
| Father | Nikolay Pototsky | |||
| Mother | Sofia Firlei | |||
| Spouse | 1) Katarzyna Vybranovskaya 2) Svyatoslav Dunin-Raetskaya | |||
| Children | childless | |||
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Biography
The representative of the noble Polish magnate family Potocki coat of arms " Pilyava ". The third son of the Kastelian of Krakow and the hetman of the great crown Nikolai Pototsky, nicknamed "Bear Paw" from his first marriage with Sofia Firla . The brothers are the governor of Bratslav Peter , the elder Nezhinsky Stefan , the clerk, the full crown Yakub, and the subcarpony outward crown Dominic .
In 1649 he participated in the Battle of Zborov with the rebellious Cossacks, in 1650 he went to the Crimean Khanate as a hostage for his father Nikolai Pototsky , who was released from captivity after the battle of Korsun . In 1651, Nikolai Pototsky returned from Crimean captivity to Poland. Since 1654 - the captain of the Cossack gonfalon. In 1661 he was appointed headman Kamenetsky . In 1664 he received the post of general of the land of Podolsk. He also owned the Cherkasy and Letichevsky elders.
At the beginning of the Polish-Turkish war in 1672 , at the end of July, Nikolai Pototsky assumed leadership of the garrisons of the New and Old Kamenetz Castle, began hasty work to fortify Kamenets-Podolsky and entrusted the defense of the city to Jerome Lantskoronsky . August 20, 1672, together with Jerzy Volodyevsky tried to carry out a sortie from the city. From August 24 to 25 with the remnants of the garrison left the New Castle. August 28, 1672 surrendered Kamenetz-Podolsk to the Turkish army. At the end of 1673 he participated in hostilities against the Ottoman Turks and Crimean Tatars.
In 1676, Nikolai Pototsky died in Strzelce near Dubna .
The character of Nikolai Pototsky is mentioned in the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz “Pan Volodyevsky” and in the film of the same name by Jerzy Hoffmann . The role of Nikolai Pototsky was played by the Polish actor Viktor Grotovich .
After 1656, he married Katarzyna Vybranovskaya with his first marriage, after 1670 Svyatoslav Dunin-Raetskaya became his second wife. In two marriages had no offspring.