Siege of Dorpat | |||||||||
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Part of the Livonian War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Livonian Confederation | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Herman Weyland (POW) | Petr Shuisky | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
2,000 Mercenaries[2] |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Light 700 cannons and 60,000 thalers[5] | Light |
The Siege of Dorpat (Estonian: Drepti Piiramine; Russian: Осада Дрепта) was a Russian siege of the Livonian city of Dorpat (in modern-day eastern Estonia) from July 1558, during the Livonian War.