Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658)
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Russo-Swedish War of 1656–1658 | |||||||||
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Part of the Russo-Swedish wars | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Tsardom of Russia | Swedish Empire | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
42,000–45,000[11] | 25,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
5,000–16,500 killed, wounded or captured[12][13] | 13,000 killed, wounded or captured[14] |
The Russo-Swedish War of 1656-1658, known as the War of Rupture, was fought by Russia and Sweden as a theater of the Second Northern War. It took place during a pause in the contemporary Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) as a consequence of the Truce of Vilna. Despite initial successes, Tsar Alexis of Russia failed to secure his principal objective—to revise the Treaty of Stolbovo, which had stripped Russia of the Baltic coast at the close of the Ingrian War.
Background
When
Campaigns
In July, a reserve force of the Russian army struck across Swedish
As Russia had no full-fledged navy to intercept reinforcements coming to the Swedish garrison across the Baltic, Riga managed to hold out until October, when foreign officers commanding a small Russian flotilla defected to the other side and the Russians had to lift the siege. In the aftermath of this reverse, the Swedes recaptured much of Ingria, took the Pskov Monastery of the Caves and inflicted a defeat on the Russian general Matvey Sheremetev at Walk (Valga) in 1657, but were eventually defeated by another Russian general, Ivan Khovansky, at Gdov, on 16 September 1657.
Conclusion
By the end of 1658,
When the term expired, Russia's military position in the Polish war had deteriorated to such a point that the tsar could not allow himself to be involved into a new conflict against powerful Sweden. His boyars had no other choice but to sign in 1661 the
See also
References
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