Russian volunteer army of 1612

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The Russian volunteer army of 1612 was a citizen-led militia formed under Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky that liberated Moscow from Polish-Lithuanian occupation during Russia’s Time of Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf citizen army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
militia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second People’s Militia of 1611–1612 ⓘ
Second Volunteer Army ⓘ
associatedWith Russian national liberation movement ⓘ
Zemstvo movement ⓘ
basedOn popular self-organization of Russian citizens ⓘ
cityLiberated Moscow ⓘ
commander Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
commemoratedBy National Unity Day ⓘ
commemoratedOn 4 November ⓘ
conflict Polish–Muscovite War (1605–1618) ⓘ
Time of Troubles ⓘ
country Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
countryLiberated Russia ⓘ
endTime 1612 ⓘ
event liberation of Moscow in 1612 ⓘ
formedIn Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
funding citizen donations ⓘ
hasPart Nizhny Novgorod militia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Time of Troubles ⓘ
ideology defense of Orthodoxy ⓘ
defense of Russian sovereignty ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
leader Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
Kuzma Minin ⓘ
legacy contributed to establishment of the Romanov dynasty ⓘ
symbol of Russian national unity ⓘ
location Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
notableCommander Prince Dmitry Pozharsky ⓘ
notableEngagement battles around the Moscow Kremlin in 1612 ⓘ
siege of Moscow (1612) ⓘ
notableFigure Kuzma Minin ⓘ
opponent Polish garrison in Moscow ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
organizer Kuzma Minin ⓘ
partOf Second Volunteer Army ⓘ
purpose expel Polish–Lithuanian forces from Moscow ⓘ
restore Russian state authority ⓘ
recruitment voluntary enlistment ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
result end of Polish garrison in the Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
liberation of Moscow from occupation ⓘ
socialBase Cossacks ⓘ
Russian nobles ⓘ
townspeople of Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
startTime 1611 ⓘ

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Minin and Pozharsky Square → commemorates → Russian volunteer army of 1612 ⓘ