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In 1380, the famous battle of Russian regiments with Mamayev's army took place on Kulikovo Field in the Tula region. This is the Battlefield of Russia, where the first great victory of Russian troops in the history of Ancient Russia was won. It is also the site of a battle on the outskirts of Moscow at the end of 1941.

At the end of November, the German invaders approached the field itself, and occupied the village of Mokhovoye. At this turn, the 269th Rifle Division of the 3rd Army heroically held the defense. Directly at the monument in memory of the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, Red Army soldiers counterattacked the Nazis and repelled their attacks. The division stood on the defensive, and already on December 13, 1941, together with the entire front, it went forward, squeezing the Nazis out from under Moscow.

After the Battle of Kulikovo, the 269th Rifle Division fought near Orel, destroyed fascists during the Battle of Kursk, participated in the liberation of Belarus, smashed Wehrmacht soldiers in East Prussia, on German soil and completed its difficult combat path near Berlin.

On the site of the former village of Mokhovoe, the Kulikovo Field State Museum-Reserve is now located. Architectural monuments and museum complexes are located on a unique territory with a unique historical landscape. The modern interactive exposition of the museum tells about historical events, introduces chronicle sources, scientific facts and finds from the time of the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.