Pavel Khmelevsky ( Polish. Balcer Chmielewski ; died in 1638 ) - Polish defector, participant in the liberation of Moscow from foreign invaders in 1612 , Russian statesman.
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Biography
In Russia, the Polish army was about 1607 . Served False Dmitry II .
In 1612, in the rank of captain of the besieged Polish army in Moscow, he fled to the camp of the Second Militia . He took an active part in the liberation of Moscow from foreign invaders, commanding the Polish squadron , who fought on the side of Minin and Pozharsky .
Moved from Catholicism to Orthodoxy .
In 1614 he was preparing to flee from Moscow. After the discovery of intent by the royal authorities, he was exiled to Tobolsk as a state criminal.
In Siberia in 1622 he was appointed head of Yeniseisk .
In 1625 and 1630 , he was appointed by the royal auditor in Mangazeya .
In 1638 he was transferred to Tomsk , on the road to which he died.