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Siege of Narva | |||||||||
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Part of the Livonian War | |||||||||
Siege of Narva by the Russians in 1558 by Boris Chorikov, 1836. | |||||||||
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Livonian Confederation | Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
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Focht Schnellenberg | Ivan Mikhailovich Viskovatyi |
The siege of Narva (Estonian: Narva piiramine; Russian: Осада Нарвы) was a Russian siege of the Livonian city of Narva (in modern-day eastern Estonia) from April through May 1558, during the Livonian War.[1][2] After capturing the city in July 1558, the Russians used Narva as a trading center and port to transport commerce from Pskov and Novgorod. The Russians controlled the city until 1581, when it was captured by Swedish forces under Pontus De La Gardie.