Second People’s Militia

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The Second People’s Militia was a volunteer Russian force formed in 1611–1612 that helped liberate Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian occupation during the Time of Troubles.

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Second People’s Militia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
militia ⓘ
volunteer military force ⓘ
achievement liberation of Moscow from Polish–Lithuanian forces ⓘ
associatedWith Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin ⓘ
Russian national liberation movement ⓘ
commander Prince Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
commandStructure council of nobles and town representatives ⓘ
commemoratedBy National Unity Day (Russia) ⓘ
linked to: National Unity Day
commemoratedOn 4 November ⓘ
conflict Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) ⓘ
consequence facilitated election of Mikhail Romanov as tsar in 1613 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
endTime 1612 ⓘ
formedInContextOf Polish–Lithuanian occupation of Moscow ⓘ
fundingMethod special tax on Nizhny Novgorod population ⓘ
voluntary donations ⓘ
hasHero Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
Kuzma Minin ⓘ
hasType irregular troops ⓘ
popular levy ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped end the Time of Troubles in Russia ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
leader Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
Kuzma Minin ⓘ
location Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
memorializedBy Minin and Pozharsky Monument on Red Square ⓘ
notableEvent march from Nizhny Novgorod to Moscow in 1612 ⓘ
siege of Moscow in 1612 ⓘ
storming of Kitai-gorod in Moscow ⓘ
operationalArea Moscow ⓘ
opponent Polish garrison in Moscow ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
organizedBy Kuzma Minin ⓘ
partOf Time of Troubles ⓘ
precededBy First People’s Militia ⓘ
purpose liberation of Moscow from Polish–Lithuanian occupation ⓘ
recruitedFrom Cossacks ⓘ
Russian peasants ⓘ
Russian townspeople ⓘ
citizens of Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
result withdrawal and capitulation of Polish garrison in Moscow ⓘ
startTime 1611 ⓘ
usedTactics blockade of enemy garrison ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

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Prince Dmitry Pozharsky → commanded → Second People’s Militia ⓘ
Russian popular militias → hasPart → Second People’s Militia ⓘ