Dmitry Boretsky

Dmitry Isaakovich Boretsky (Russian: Дмитрий Исаакович Борецкий; died 24 July 1471) was a Russian nobleman who served as a posadnik (mayor) of Novgorod in 1471. He was the eldest of the two sons of Isaak Boretsky by his wife Marfa Boretskaya.

Dmitry Isaakovich Boretsky was the eldest of the two sons of Isaak Boretsky by his wife Marfa Boretskaya (née Loshinskaya).^[1][2]

Under the influence of his mother, he and his brother Fyodor advocated for the subjugation of Novgorod to Polish king Casimir IV.^[2] He was elected posadnik (mayor) in February 1471.^[1] Despite this, he gained the favor of Grand Prince Ivan III and was elevated to the rank of boyar in Moscow.^[3] However, with the outbreak of war between Novgorod and Moscow, he led the Novgorodian army at the Battle of Shelon on 14 July 1471.^[4] He was captured and sent to Moscow, where he was tried and executed on 24 July.^[5]

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