About Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev
Lived 1622 – 1682 (aged 59–60). Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev was a military personnel.
Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev (1622 - 24 April 1682) was a Russian military commander and state official of Sheremetev family, boyar since 1653, Sheremetev supported election of Yurii Khmelnytsky as Hetman of Zaporizhian Host. Following the 1660 Cudnów campaign culminated in battle of Cudnów, Sheremetev was taken prisoner by Polish troops and handed over to Crimean Tatar Khan Mehmed IV Giray.
He was prisoner for more than 20 years (1660–1681) in Chufut-Kale, he died in Tsardom of Muscovy. During his imprisonment, there died his wife and his son Ivan.
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Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev was born in 1622.
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Vasily Borisovich Sheremetev died on 23 April 1682.
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