| Siege of Reval | |||||||
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| Part of the Livonian War | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Siege_of_Reval_by_the_Russians.jpg) Siege of Reval, by Johann Jakob Wick | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Sweden |
 Tsardom of Russia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Henrik Klasson Horn Carl Henriksson Horn Ivo Skenkenberg |
Ivan IV Fjodor Mustislavski Ivan Kolzoff † Ivan Men'shoi Sheremetev † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Reval Garrison | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 50,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Minimal | 3,000 killed, captured, or wounded | ||||||
The Siege of Reval (1577) was a failed siege conducted by Tsar Ivan IV against the Swedish city of Reval during the Livonian War. Despite being able to occupy eastern Livonia, the Russian campaign eventually ended in failure due to the Russians failing to capture Reval.[1]
- ^ Kasekamp, Andres (2017-10-26). A History of the Baltic States. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-30728-5.