During months of fighting, the Russian armies managed to maintain their combat capability and prevent the rapid seizure of Moscow.

In turn, the Polish king Sigismund III did not give up attempts to subjugate the Russian state, in the name of his son Wladyslaw.

[2] Fierce fighting near Mozhaysk lasted for entire the spring and summer of 1618, with the Polish-Lithuanian army unable to break Russian defenses.

Realizing this, the government already on August 2, 1618, sent an order to the Voivodes to withdraw from Mozhaysk to Moscow, leaving there a garrison with sufficient supplies.

[2] The stubborn resistance of the Russian troops dispelled the illusions of the Polish prince about the possibility of resuming the Time of Troubles.