User talk:Homerj801

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I can't really say that I recall what my sources were. You should excuse my ignorance since I write about five new articles per week (alas, mostly in Russian Wikipedia these days). I suppose my main source was the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary; the appropriate article is available online. It mentions the "Purekh volost" where Pozharsky was recuperating in 1612 (although another webpage claims he was granted Purekh a full year later). There you'll find some details about the place, which boasts a church commissioned by Pozharsky and a museum dedicated to him. If you think it worthwhile, I may write a short entry about the village. If you have better sources, you are welcome to make necessary changes to the article, citing those sources. -- Ghirla -трёп-  12:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we have little information about Pozharsky's biography. The Romanov family was not interested in his glorification, you know. We don't even know where he was buried. Some suppose it was Moscow, while others point to the Monastery of Saint Euthymius in Suzdal. Furthermore, his ancestral patrimony was Starodub-on-the-Klyazma, so it's only natural to assume that he was buried there. Oh, I see that my somewhat mystifying article about Starodub has already been translated into three languages.... That's what you get when you post some new material in this project. You'll never know where you may come across it several years later... -- Ghirla -трёп-  12:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)