January 29, 2023

Battle of Molodi

Russia Post issued a stamp to celebrate 450th Anniversary of the Battle of Molodi on 29th August 2022 depicting a portrait of Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky, Russian army, a siege vehicle mobile field fortification and a car-touche from military munition.

The battle of Molodi was a military battle that took place between July 29 and August 2, 1572, in the territory that currently is within the boundaries of the city of Chekhov of the Moscow Region. The battle was fought between the Russian troops led by Princes Mikhail Vorotynsky and Dmitry Khvorostinin and the army of Crimean Khan Devlet I Giray.

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