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Capture of Moscow

Name: Capture of Moscow – Russia factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Russia · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1571–1960Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1571

Ivan IV the Terrible1571

Moscow · Warfare / Military

Seizure & burning of Moscow

1960

Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev1960

Moscow · Warfare / Military

Days before an Allied summit the Russians capture a US U-2 spy plane over Russia

Names involved

Ivan IV the TerribleNikita Sergeyevich Khruschev

Provenance

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