Russian Sad Times battles

When Russian czar Feodor died the time of "sad times" (smutnoye vremia) started, when several people tried to take over the power over Russia. False Dmitriy I, who gathered some support, asked Poland for military help to establish his position as czar. Small Polish forces made the "intervention" in Russia and even took the Kremlin castle. The revolution of Shuisky lead to the death of Dmitriy and killing of 2000 Poles, who were the garrison on Kremlin. This later lead to war between the two countries - Poles tried to takeover the power of Russia, one of the Russian aristocrats asked Sweden for military help, which started the national civil war between the factions. The turning point was bat...
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Battle of Moscow
1 September 1612

During the "sad times" in Russia when several people tried to takeover the power over country Polish garrison on Kremlin was trapped by the Russian revolt forces that surrounded the Moscow. The relieve forces attacked on September 1st and broke through Russian lines, but the counter-attack from cossacks stopped their advance. On September 3rd they made another attempt to get to the besieged Kremli...

1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time 2007

After death of the czar the "sad times" begun in Russia, when several people aspired to the throne, which lead to a civil war.