A watan Maris na 1611, 'yan ƙasar Moscow sun yi tawaye ga Poles, kuma sojojin Poland na farko sun kewaye Kremlin, karkashin jagorancin Prokopy Lyapunov, mai daraja na Ryazan.'Yan bindiga marasa karfi sun kasa daukar sansanin, kuma nan da nan suka fada cikin rikici Samun labarin cewa sojojin agaji na Poland karkashin Hetman Chodkiewicz na gab da zuwa Moscow, Minin da Pozharsky sun shiga Moscow a watan Agustan 1612 kuma suka kewaye garrison Poland a Kremlin.Dakarun Poland mai dakaru 9,000 karkashin hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz sun yi yunƙurin ɗage kewayen inda suka yi arangama da sojojin Rasha, inda suka yi ƙoƙarin kutsawa cikin dakarun Poland a Kremlin a ranar 1 ga Satumba.Bayan nasarar farko na Poland, ƙarfafawar Cossack na Rasha sun tilasta sojojin Chodkiewicz su koma daga Moscow.Ƙarfafawar Rasha a ƙarƙashin Yarima Pozharsky a ƙarshe ya kashe sansanin Commonwealth (akwai rahotanni na cin zarafi) kuma sun tilasta mika wuya a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba (ko da yake wasu kafofin sun ba da 6 Nuwamba ko 7 ga Nuwamba) bayan kewaye na watanni 19.Sojojin Poland sun janye daga Moscow.Ko da yake kungiyar Commonwealth ta yi shawarwarin tsagaita bude wuta, sojojin Rasha sun kashe rabin tsoffin sojojin rundunonin Kremlin yayin da suke barin sansanin.Don haka, sojojin Rasha sun sake kwace birnin Moscow.