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Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Moscow

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at the beginning of November, after which Struś opened negotiations on terms of surrender. The Kremlin garrison formally capitulated on November 7. Although Trubetskoy promised to "leave the defeated in health and have respect," they were massacred instead: "The Cossacks beat the whole regiment,
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reached the Kremlin. In January 1612, a regiment was able to break through to Moscow, which temporarily eased the food situation. However, the Hungarian infantrymen of Felix Nevyarovsky did not bring their provisions, and their presence only accelerated the return food scarcity.
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and other Upper Volga cities. In Nizhny Novgorod, the mother of Prince Pozharsky put in her word for the prisoners, so they only were thrown "in a dungeon very dark, poor and stinking, in which they had been sitting for nineteen weeks". The prisoners held in
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Maskiewicz S. Dyjariusz Samuela Maskiewicza: Początek swój bierze od roku 1594 w lata po sobie idące // Moskwa w rękach Polaków: Pamiętniki dowódców i oficerów garnizonu polskiego w Moskwie w latach 1610—1612. — Liszki, 1995. — S.
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In March 1611, in connection with the formation of the First People's Militia, the commander of the Polish-Lithuanian garrison, Aleksander Gosiewski, engaged in several
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Sigismund's drawing of Moscow, made by the Poles, engraved in 1610. The latest plan for Moscow, drawn up before the destruction of 1612. The plan is rotated 90 degrees:
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was signed in 1619, which ended the Russian-Polish War and fostered an exchange of prisoners, the Poles and Lithuanians captured in the Kremlin were settled in
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during which most of Moscow was burned. Having broken the townspeople's resistance in advance, Gosiewski hoped to minimize support for the First Militia.
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in November for a meeting with Sigismund III, he took his regiments with him. Several units were left at the Novodevichy Convent to control the roads to
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besieged Moscow and the Polish-Lithuanian forces there. The city was finally liberated by the Second People's Militia, and the date of the capture of
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Budziłło J. Wojna moskiewska wzniecona i prowadzona z okazji fałszywych Dymitrów od 1603 do 1612 r. — Wrocław, 1995. — S. 136—138, 167
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in September, but forces with some 400 carts of provisions were forced to retreat after getting within two kilometers of the Kremlin.
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Throughout 1612, Polish-Lithuanian formations began to leave Moscow. Commander Gosiewski left in June, along with the veterans of the
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The Legend of Avraamy Palitsyn – Moscow: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, 1955 – Page 228
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laid siege to the Kremlin garrison itself, which was manned by Poles. Also inside the walls were members of the
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and Ivan Streshnev, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth side by Aleksander Koryciński and a Lieutenant (
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to the Russian throne so as to maintain order in the capital until the arrival of a new head of state, the
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River. To maintain order, a tribunal was established in which the Russian side was represented by
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New Chronicler // Complete Collection of Russian Chronicles – Volume 14 – Moscow, 1965 – Page 127
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The entire first half of 1612 was unusually cold, and many of the garrison's soldiers formed a
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commanded what remained of the garrison. The garrison itself was almost resupplied during the
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Armed occupation of Moscow by Polish–Lithuanian forces, 20 September, 1610 – 26 October, 1612
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was occupied by the Polish garrison with additional Lithuanian units under the command of
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At the end of 1610, about 6,000 armored and cavalry soldiers, 800 infantrymen, and 400
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Provisions for the garrison were collected in the Moscow region by the regiment of
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Polish-Lithuanian Intervention in Russia and Russian Society / Boris Florea
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In April and early May of that year, the militias stormed the ramparts of
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began in the city; speculators sold bread at 30 times its regular price.
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occupation of Moscow took place between 1610 and 1612 during the
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Various sources date this event on November 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th
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Ruslan Skrynnikov. On Guard of the Moscow Borders – Moscow, 1986
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led by Mikhail Saltykov. The occupation coincided with Russia's
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Expulsion of the Polish–Lithuanian invaders from the Kremlin
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Alexey Zakharevich. Russian Tsars. Phoenix, 2009. Page 127
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entered Moscow without a fight. Żółkiewski camped on the
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At the end of 1611, carts with provisions collected by
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Military history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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See the translation of dates from the Julian calendar
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north
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish intervention in Russia
Kremlin
hetman
Stanisław Żółkiewski
boyars
Time of Troubles
Cossacks
Dmitry Trubetskoy
Kitay-Gorod
Day of National Unity
Our Lady of Kazan

tsarist
at Klushino
Seven Boyars
Władysław IV Vasa
Commonwealth
Stanisław Żółkiewski
Khoroshyovsky Meadows
Khodynka Field
Sigismund III
hajduks
Novodevichy Convent
Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski
Marcin Kazanowski
Aleksander Zborowski
Ludwik Wejher

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