Talk:Siege of Belaya

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POV and dubious claims[edit]

First, the claim about Władysław being injured is new to me; I've read his biography, written his GA here, and I don't recall it. I'd like to see more reliable sources confirm this. Second, the tone of this article seems somewhat biased towards Russian version of the events; this article should be NPOVed with other sources. As the author of the article about the Smolensk War (again, I read at least one work dedicated to it) I don't recall that the Polish sources portray this battle as significant to the extent this single defeat led to the wars' end; through it was not without influence - but I think this article overstates the impact of this battle. Of course, Polish sources are as likely to be biased as Russian, so the truth is as usual somewhere in between, but for now I think this article is too biased toward the Russian POV. PS. The battle is discussed by Nagielski, p. 47–50, but I won't be able to look at his work till December. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:14, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vladimir Volkov is Doctor of History Science. In my eyes he is a reliable source. Probably, it was not a serious injury and there is no reason to call that information dubious. If you can add more information by using Polish sources I would welcome it. --Shervinsky (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]