Battle of Medvezhiy Brod
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| Battle of Bear's Ford | |||||||
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| Part of Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18) | |||||||
 Camp of False Dmitry II at Tushino | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| False Dmitry II | Muscovite Tsardom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alexander Lisovsky | Ivan Kurakin | ||||||
The battle of the Bear's Ford took place in June 1608, when a government army of Boyar Ivan Kurakin defeated Lithuanian Colonel Alexander Lisowsky, in service of False Dmitry II.[1]
In March 1608, Lisowski separated from False Dmitry, defeated government troops at Zaraisk and captured Kolomna. With captured cannon and prisoners, Lisowski moved to join the main forces of False Dmitry in Tushino.