siege, early modern

Siege of Moscow

Name: Siege of Moscow
Location: Moscow, Russia

Siege of Moscow was a siege conducted in 1606 at Moscow, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Moscow. The recorded result: Victory of the royal troops. Recorded strength: Up to 100,000 people against Unknown.

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Fought1606

WhereMoscow, Russia55.751N, 37.617E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeVictory of the royal troops

BelligerentsIvan Bolotnikovagainst22px Vasily Shuisky

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Record

Date	1606 (year precision) to 1606
Place	Moscow, Russia 55.751N, 37.617E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Up to 100,000 people	Unknown
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Ivan Bolotnikov Prokopy Lyapunov	Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky Vasily Golitsyn (1572)

Placed at Moscow; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Moscow 1382, 0.6 km N
Siege of Moscow 1238, 0.6 km N
Siege of Moscow 1618, 0.6 km N
Siege of Moscow 1439, 0.6 km N
Battle of Moscow 1941, 0.9 km E

Elsewhere in 1606

Siege of Moscow is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19692582, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Moscow (1606), revision 1370743680, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.