Siege of Nöteborg (1656)

Siege of Noteborg
	Part of Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658)
	; Oreshok Fortress
Date	June, 1656
Location	Russia
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Muscovite Tsardom

Prelude

In 1613, during the Ingrian War, the fortress, called Oreshek ("hazelnut" in Russian), was captured by the Swedes. They renamed it in Noteborg ("nut-fortress")^[1].

Siege

In June 1656 during the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) the detachments of voivode Peter Potemkin managed to occupy the lands of Vodskaya Pyatina lost in 1613, and block the Swedes in the fortress, but the fortress itself, unlike Nienschanz , was never taken^[2].

Aftermath

In 1702 the city was conquered from Swedes by Peter the Great , who gave it the current name, Shlisselburg ("key-fortress").

References

↑ Željko., Fajfrić, (2008). Ruski carevi (1. izd ed.). Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. ISBN 9788685269172. OCLC 620935678.
↑ The Cambridge history of Russia. Perrie, Maureen, 1946-, Lieven, D. C. B., Suny, Ronald Grigor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2006. ISBN 9780521812276. OCLC 77011698.

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[1] Željko., Fajfrić, (2008). Ruski carevi (1. izd ed.). Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. ISBN 9788685269172. OCLC 620935678.

[2] The Cambridge history of Russia. Perrie, Maureen, 1946-, Lieven, D. C. B., Suny, Ronald Grigor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2006. ISBN 9780521812276. OCLC 77011698.