Internet and history: The section “History of Wars” of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is updated with an article “Liberation of Moscow from the Poles. 1612”

To the 400th anniversary of the liberation of Moscow by militia forces under the leadership of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky from Polish invaders in 1612 at the official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the heading "History of Wars" in "Encyclopedia" is published an article "The Liberation of Moscow from the Poles. 1612", prepared by military historians Research Institute (military history), the Military Academy of the General Staff.

A great historical victory in 1612 surrounded the heroes of "Battle of Moscow" - Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin simple citizen – with an aura of eternal glory liberating Moscow from the Poles in the fierce hour Time of Troubles. They became a symbol of Russia's selfless service to the Fatherland, its national heroes.