Battle of Moscow (1612)
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The Battle of Moscow was a series of two engagements that took place in Moscow on 1 and 3 September 1612, during the Polish–Russian War of 1609–1618 and the Time of Troubles. The forces of the Polish–
Surrender of the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky, painting by Ernst Lissner (1938)
Minin (right) and Pozharsky (left) by Mikhail Scotti, 1850
Dmitry Pozharsky
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Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Russian War from 1611 to 1612. Pozharsky formed the Second Volunteer Army with Kuzma Minin in Niz
Battle of Moscow (1612)
…Troubles. The forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were commanded by Field Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, while the Russians were led by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. The engagements ended in decisive Russian victories. After the Battle of Klushino in the summer of 1610, Tsar Vasili IV of Russia was deposed and taken…
Pozharsky and the delegation from Moscow. Painting by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1882).
Polish soldiers surrender to prince Pozharsky. Graphic by Boris Chorikov
Pozharsky and Minin monument (1804–16) in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral