Second People’s Militia

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historical organization militia volunteer military force

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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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Second People’s Militia canonical	3

Statements (46)

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

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Subject: Second People’s Militia
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Dmitry Pozharsky → commanded → Second People’s Militia ⓘ

Russian popular militias → hasPart → Second People’s Militia ⓘ

Polish–Lithuanian occupation of the Moscow Kremlin → opposedBy → Second People’s Militia ⓘ