Consequences of the attack

Nicholas Zharkikh

The reconstruction of the Kyiv castle is reported by Jan of Targowica and a note for King Sigismund.

The statement of the mobilization plan in the note also contains something interesting, especially if you look at the map:

The map shows:

1 – Kyiv (and further distances from it)

Blue circles – troop mobilization centers:

2 – Mstislavl (400 km)

3 – Odoiv (570 km)

4 – Vorotynsk (580)

5 – Vyazma (580 km)

6 – Trubchevsk (320 km)

7 – Kozelsk (530 km)

8 – Drutsk (430 km)

9 – Smolensk (490 km)

10 – Vitebsk (530 km)

11 – Polotsk (570 km)

12 – Novogrudok (470 km)

13 – Bielsk-Podlaski (570 km)

14 – Dorogichin (590 km)

15 – Brest (500 km)

16 – Kobrin (470 km)

17 – Starodub (280 km), Gomel (220 km), Bryansk (410 km) – possession of Prince Mozhaisky

18 – Novgorod-Siversky (260 km), Rylsk (315 km) – possession of Prince Shemyatych

Yellow circles – centers for mobilization of workers:

19 – Toropets (670 km)

20 – Velikiye Luki (650 km)

21 – Velyka Rzheva 1 (? Tver region, 690 km)

22 – Velyka Rzheva 2 (? Pskov region, 730 km)

23 – Trans-Dvina parishes

24 – Dnieper parishes

Shortened text of the section. Full text in ukrainian version.