Siege of Dyneburg

Part of Second Northern War /
Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658)

Date	18–31 July 1656
Location	Dyneburg
Result	Russian victory

Belligerents

Swedish Empire

Tsardom of Russia

Commanders and leaders

unknown

Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich

Strength

unknown

3,400^[1]

Russo-Swedish War (1656–58)

Nöteborg (1656) Nyenschantz (1656) Dyneburg (1656) Kokenhusen (1656) Riga (1656) Dorpat (1656) Walk (1657) Gdov (1657)

Second Northern War

Theaters

"Swedish Deluge" Russo-Swedish (1656–58) Pomerania Dano-Swedish (1657–58) Dano-Swedish (1658–60) Norway Peach Tree War

Battles

Ujście Danzig Sobota Żarnów 1st Cracow Nowy Dwór Wojnicz Krosno Jasna Góra Radom Gołąb Jarosław Nisko Zamość Sandomierz Warka Kłecko 1st Warsaw Kcynia Tykocin 2nd Warsaw Dyneburg Kokenhusen Riga Łowicz Lubrze 2nd Cracow Prostki/Prostken Filipów Chojnice Walk Magierów Czarny Ostrów Skałat March Across the Belts Toruń Kolding Szkudy Copenhagen Sound Ebeltoft Grudziądz Nyborg

Treaties

The Siege of Dyneburg by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of the Second Northern War. The siege began on July 18, 1656. On July 31, Russian troops during a half an hour night assault entered the fortress and captured the stronghold, killing all of its defenders.

After capturing Dyneburg (Dünaburg, Daugavpils), Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich ordered the building of an Orthodox Church and the renaming of the city as Borisoglebsk. The capture of Dynaburg was followed by the capture of Kokenhusen.

References

↑ Соловьёв С.М. Продолжение царствования Алексея Михайловича // История России с древнейших времён

Bibliography

Николай Шефов. Битвы России. Военно-историческая библиотека. М., 2002

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