1572 Battle of Molodi

445 years ago, on July 29, 1572, the battle began at the village of Molodi, 50 miles south of Moscow, which ended on August 2. The 20,000-strong Russian army under the command of princes Mikhail Vorotynsky and Dmitry Khvorostinin forced the Crimean Tatar army of Khan Devlet Giray, who was about to take Moscow, to retreat. This was the first Russian victory over the Crimean Tatars.