Yury Baryatinsky

Yury Nikitich Baryatinski (; born in 1610, died in 1685) was a Russian knyaz, boyar and voyevoda from the Rurikid house of Baryatinsky. Baryatinsky was born as a son of Nikita Petrovich Baryatinsky. He was born in 1610 but there are no records of the specific location. Until 1653 he made a military career and served in several cities before he was sent as a diplomat to Lithuania. When the Russo-Polish War 1654—67 broke out Baryatinsky was one of the military leaders on the Russian side. In 1654, in the Battle of Szkłów he defeated a Lithuanian army of Janusz Radziwill which was twice as big as his detachment, thus helping the surrender of Smolensk. Next year he served in the Novgorodian regiment of Semyon Urusov. In 1655 he was victorious near Borisov and defeated the army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the battle of Brest. In 1658, after a part of the Cossack leadership under Ivan Vyhovsky switched the sides and allied themselves with the Poles, Baryatinsky defeated the hetman's brother Konstantin Vyhovsky near Vasylkiv. As a trophy, Baryatinsky captured the bulawa of Vyhovsky which today is shown in the Kremlin Armoury in Moscow.