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  Danilov monastery outer wall  
 

Other corner tower on front wall of Danilov Monastery. The fortress played an important role in the defense of Moscow, especially from the Crimean Tatars. Then, at the end of 1606, outside the walls there was a big battle between the peasants of Ivan Bolotnikov and the army of Vasilii Shuiski.

 
   

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