Siege of Dorpat (1558)

Siege of Dorpat
Part of the Livonian War
Date8–18 July 1558
Location
Result Russian victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Russian occupation of Eastern Livonia
Belligerents
Livonian Confederation Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Herman Weyland (POW) Petr Shuisky [ru]
Strength
2,000 Mercenaries[2]

8,000[3]–40,000 total[4]

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.

  1. ^ Benson. Fearful Majesty: The Life and Reign of Ivan the Terrible. Putnam. p. 169
  2. ^ Robert Payne and Nikita Romanoff, Ivan the Terrible, (Cooper Square Press, 2002), 168
  3. ^ Penskoi 2020, p. 166.
  4. ^ Robert Payne and Nikita Romanoff, Ivan the Terrible, (Cooper Square Press, 2002), 166
  5. ^ Penskoi 2020, p. 176.