the militia of minin and pozharsky defeats the army of jaan khotkevich, which was rushing to the aid of the polish gentlemen holed up in the moscow kremlin; the poles barely escape. but in reality, everything was not so deliberate. the militia with berdysh and slingshots came to fight the strongest. and the most equipped army in europe. the balance of forces was 10,000 against 20,000 polish-lithuanian occupiers, but ours somehow managed to defeat them. firstly, due to the unity in which the militia army was located, and secondly, due to the military cunning of dmitry mikhailovich pozharsky, who drew the cavalry of hetman khotkevich, the hussar cavalry, into the city battle, and the cavalry. i was not prepared for such a battle and was defeated. this battle took place back in august, and after it a long siege of the kremlin itself began. the date november 4 is tied to events that actually unfolded on october 22 according to the julian calendar. on this day, the russians recaptured chinatown, and 4 days later they regained all the capital. but this was already the end of the story, and