Siege of Dorpat (1656)
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changes Dorpat is captured by the Russians
| Siege of Dorpat | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | |||||||||
 Dorpat in 1553 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Tsardom of Russia |
 Swedish Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Aleksey Trubetskoy |
Lars Fleming | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Army of Trubetskoy |
Dorpat garrison | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 10,546 men |
593 men Several hundred burghers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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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.
Under the plan of the Russian command, in the campaign of 1656 the main blow was inflicted on Riga, where a large army led by Tsar Alexis advanced from Polotsk . Auxiliary blows were applied from Pskov to Dorpat (Russian: Yuryev) and from Novgorod to Noteburg (Oreshek) and Nyenschanz.[2] The capture of Dorpat was entrusted to the army of Alexey Trubetskoy.
The army of Trubetskoy was quite numerous. On the paper there were 5546 cavalry (3327 nobles, 832 Reiters, 622 Cossacks and 102 Tatars) and about 5,000 infantry (3 Streltsy orders and 4 regiments of the New Order). The garrison of the fortress, commanded by Lars Fleming, consisted of an infantry regiment (448 soldiers in 5 companies), 45 artillerymen and about 100 regular cavalrymen. They were supported by several hundred armed burghers.[3]