Kuzma Minin

Minin had a single son, Nefed. After Minin's death his property rights passed to his widow, Tatiana Semenovna, and his son. A royal decree was issued on July 5, 1616, confirming the family's possession of an estate in the Nizhny Novgorod district consisting of the town of Bogorodskoye with its associated villages. Additionally, Nefed Minin owned property in the Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod, although after the completion of his service, he lived mostly in Moscow where he worked as a government clerk. In 1625 he attended the departure of the Persian ambassador and in 1626 he is recorded as standing by the sovereign's lantern at two royal weddings. No mention is made of him in official records after 1628. Nefed died in 1632 and the lands granted to his father reverted to the crown before being passed to Prince Jacob Kudenekovich Cherkassky. Tatiana Minina continued to live in Nizhny Novgorod. It appears that at an advanced age she took monastic vows and entered a convent – most likely the Resurrection Convent, located inside the city's Kremlin. ==Historical analysis==

Minin is generally well regarded by later historians such as Ivan Zabelin and Mikhail Pogodin, having gained respect for his heroic actions. ==Depictions==

File:Minin i Pozharskiy.jpg|Minin and Pozharsky (right to left) by Mikhail Scotti, 1850 File:Воззвание Минина к нижегородцам в 1611 году.jpg|Minin's appeal to the people of Nizhny Novgorod. Painting by Mikhail Peskov, 1861 File:Appeal of Minin.jpg|Konstantin Makovsky's Appeal of Minin (1896) depicts Kuzma Minin against the background of the church of St. John the Baptist appealing to the people of Nizhny Novgorod to raise a militia against the Polish invaders and Sigismund III Vasa. ==See also==