What the records say
- When
- 1547
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 55.75° N, 37.62° E
- Description
- 1547 fire in Moscow, Russia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fire of Moscow (1547)
16th-century fire in Moscow
The great fire of Moscow in 1547 destroyed sections of Moscow that had been built almost entirely of wood. The fire swept into the Kremlin and blew up the powder stores in several of the Kremlin's towers. The fire began on 24 June, several months after Ivan IV, better known as "Ivan the Terrible," was officially crowned as first tsar of all Russia.
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