Minin and Pozharskiy. They raised a volunteer force to fight the invading Poles and in 1612 led their army to victory when the drove the Poles out of the Kremlin. Originally placed in the center of Red Square facing the Kremlin, it was moved to the front of St. Basil's during the Soviet era.
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