Battle of Ivangorod
| Battle of Ivangorod | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Russia |
 Sweden | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dmitri Khvorostin |
Gustav Baner | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,500 | 4,000 to 5,500 or 20,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Ivangorod (Russian: Ивангородское сражение; Swedish: Slaget vid Ivangorod) was one of the first battles of the Russo-Swedish War, where the Russians were able to defeat the main Swedish detachment and besiege Narva.[1][2]
The size of the Swedish army ranges from 4,000[3] to 5,500[4] or 20,000,[5][6] number of Russians no more 4,500[7]
Reference
[edit]- ^ Platonov 1999, p. 80.
- ^ Karamzin 1824.
- ^ Volokhdin 2009, p. 33.
- ^ Sokolov 2023, p. 426.
- ^ Shkvarov 2012, p. 82.
- ^ Solovyov 1879.
- ^ Sokolov 2023, p. 427.
Bibliography
[edit]- Volokhdin, Dmitri (2009). Воеводы Ивана Грозного [Generals of Ivan the Terrible] (in Russian). Вече.
- Karamzin, Nikolay (1824). История Государства Российского [History of the Russian state]. Volume X, Chapter II.
- Solovyov, Sergey (1879). История России с древнейших времён [The history of Russia since ancient times] (in Russian). Volume VII, Chapter III.
- Platonov, Sergei (1999). Борис Годунов [Boris Godunov] (in Russian). Moscow: Аграф. ISBN 5-7784-0076-4.
- Shkvarov, Alexei (2012). Россия и Швеция. История военных конфликтов 1142-1809 [Russia and Sweden. The history of military conflicts 1142-1809] (in Russian). Saint-Petersburg: RME Group Oy:Алетейя. ISBN 978-5-91419-754-1.
- Sokolov, Vyacheslav (2023). Поход на Нарву в начале Русско-Шведской войны 1590-1595 [The campaign to Narva at the beginning of the Russian-Swedish War of 1590-1595] (in Russian). ISSN 2308-4286.