Livonian war: forgotten victories of Ivan the Terrible 1558-1561.

In January 1558, the regiments of Ivan the Terrible crossed the Russian-Livonian border. The king intended to recover from the Livonians the promised by them, but the unpaid “Yuryevsky tribute”, to achieve the abolition of discriminatory measures against Russian merchants, to open a gate to the west to receive technologies, to invite specialists, to buy raw materials that were absent in Russia. For three years, the Baltic states was embraced by the flame of war, which soon received the name of Livonskaya. The Russian rati defeated the Livonian Confederation, and its territory was divided between powerful neighbors...

the story of a forgotten but victorious for Ivan IV military campaign 1558–1561, despite its great importance for the entire subsequent history of not only Russia And the Baltic states, but also Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark still remains little -studied, replete with stereotypes and myths. The new book of the Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor V.V. Peni is a real chronicle of hostilities in Livonia and the most difficult diplomatic struggle for the "Livonian inheritance". The winter campaign of 1558, the capture of Narva and Derpt (Yuryev), the feat of the small Russian garrison of the Ringen castle, the siege of Marienburg and Fellin, the battle of Tyrzen and Ermes - the reader learns about these and other events of the first stage of the Livonian war on the pages of this book.