Siege of Dorpat (1656)

Siege of Dorpat
Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658)

Dorpat in 1553
DateEarly August – October 23, 1656
Location
Dorpat (modern day Tartu), Estonia
Result Russian victory
Territorial
changes
Dorpat is captured by the Russians
Belligerents
 Tsardom of Russia Swedish Empire Swedish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Tsardom of Russia Aleksey Trubetskoy Swedish Empire Lars Fleming
Units involved
Tsardom of Russia Army of Trubetskoy Swedish Empire Dorpat garrison
Strength
10,546 men 593 men
Several hundred burghers
Casualties and losses
69 dead
276 wounded[1]
Entire garrison surrendered

The siege of Dorpat (Swedish: Belägringen av Drept), also known in Russian historiography as the German campaign of Trubetskoy (Russian: Немецкий поход Трубецкого), was a siege of the Swedish castle Dorpat by Russian troops that took place from August to October 1656.

  1. ^ Lubin, Alexei; Smirnov, N. (2011). Борьба за Юрьев-Ливонский в годы Русско-Шведской войны 1656-1658 [The struggle for Yuriev-Livonsky during the Russian-Swedish War of 1656-1658] (in Russian). Война и оружия. Новые исследования и материалы. 2-я международная научно-практическая конференция. Saint Petersburg. p. 543.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)