Battle of Zaraysk

Battle of Zaraisk
Part of Zaraisk near Moscow
Result	Victory for False Dmitry II

Belligerents False Dmitry II Commanders and leaders Alexander Lisowsky Zahari Lyapunov
Ivan KhovanskyStrength 1,500 Cossacks and Lithuanians Several thousand from Ryazan, 250 cavalry from ArzamasCasualties and losses Light Heavy

In the Battle of Zaraisk, during the

under Zahariya Lyapunov and Ivan Khovansky.

Prelude

Zaraysk was occupied without a fight by Lisovsky detachments (1,500 Cossacks: "Lithuanian people and Russian thieves"), as the city Cossacks surrendered the city and swore to the Pretender.^[1]

Battle

An army from Ryazan land came out to suppress the insurrection, to which 250 elite Arzamas warriors joined. The government army carelessly besieged the fort (with no guards appointed), and the sudden sally of Lisovsky's men from the Zaraisk Kremlin scattered them with little resistance.^[2]

Aftermath

After the victory at Zaraisk, Lisovskiy swiftly captured Kolomna, where he captured many heavy guns. The remnants of former Bolotnikovites strengthened the army. However, the detachment of Lisovsky, heavily burdened by the convoy, was defeated by the Tsar's army at Medvezhiy Brod.

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