Siege of Troitsky monastery

Siege of the Trinity monastery
Part of the Time of Troubles and the Polish–Russian War (1609–1618)

Orthodox monks led by the chronicler Avraamy Palitsyn defended the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra against Polish troops from September 1609 to January 1611.
Date23 September 1608 – 12 January 1610
Location
Sergiyev Posad, Russia
56°18′36″N 38°07′47″E / 56.31000°N 38.12972°E / 56.31000; 38.12972
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Poland–Lithuania  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Jan Piotr Sapieha
Aleksander Lisowski		 Grigory Dolgorukov
Aleksey Golokhvastov
Archimandrite Joasaph
Since October 1609:
Grigory Valuyev
Davyd Zherebtsov
Strength
  • 30,000 Polish interventionists and Cossacks
  •  • Perhaps as few as 10,000 mercenaries took part (3,350 infantry-, 6,770 cavalrymen), with up to 17 field guns
 2,400 warriors
1,000 citizenry, specifically the elderly, women and children
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy, around 2,000

The siege of Troitsky monastery (Russian: Троицкая осада) was an abortive attempt of the Polish–Lithuanian irregular army (mercenaries) that acted in support of False Dmitry II to capture the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, north-east of Moscow. The siege lasted for 16 months, from 23 September 1608 until 12 January 1610.


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