Prince Vasily Fedorovich Shuisky , nicknamed China (d. January 17, 1496 ), is a Russian statesman and military figure from the Shuisky clan. Viceroy of Ivan III in Novgorod and Pskov .
Vasily Fedorovich Shuisky began his service in Pskov with his famous father, Prince Fedor Yuryevich Shuisky . In 1476 he executed the orders of the Grand Duke in the case of a quarrel between the Pskov and the governor, Prince Yaroslav Obolensky . For some time he was governor in Torzhok , immediately after the fall of Novgorod independence in 1480-1481 he was governor in Novgorod. He participated in a campaign against Livonia in 1481.
He participated in a campaign in Kazan in 1487. From the beginning of 1491, the governor of Grand Duke Ivan the Great in Pskov. During his intensive construction of stone temples. In 1495 he led the Pskov army on a campaign against Vyborg , after which he died.
He left behind three sons - Vasily , Dmitry and Ivan .
Literature
- Kozlyakov V.N. Vasily Shuisky - M .: Young Guard, 2007.
Links
- Shuisky, Vasily Fedorovich China at the Rodovod . Tree of ancestors and descendants
- The ancient clan of the princes of Shuisky on Pskov land