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Evert Horn, who ruled Novgorod in 1614–1615, pursued a policy of direct subordination of Novgorod to the Swedish crown. Only the military failures of the Swedes, in particular during the Siege of Pskov in 1615, set King Gustav II Adolf to peace talks. Novgorod returned to Moscow under the Treaty of Stolbovo of 1617.
Soviet gains, mid-1943 to end of 1944. The Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive was a strategic offensive during World War II. It was launched by the Red Army on 14 January 1944 with an attack on the German Army Group North by the Soviet Volkhov and Leningrad fronts, along with part of the 2nd Baltic Front, [5] with a goal of fully lifting the siege of Leningrad.
Novgorod Republic (Russian: Новгородская республика, romanized: Novgorodskaya respublika) itself is a much later term, [22] although the polity was described as a republic as early as in the beginning of the 16th century. [23] [24] Soviet historians frequently used the terms Novgorod Feudal Republic and Novgorod Boyar ...
Karl Knutsson's campaign against Novgorod (Swedish: Karl Knutsson Bondes tåg mot Novgoroderna) was a successful Swedish-German [1] campaign by the commander of Viborg, Karl Knutsson, against Novgorodian and Pskov [2] forces during their war with the Teutonic Order in 1444.
The Battle on the Ice, [c] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus [d] or Battle of Lake Chud, [e] took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
A draft treaty between Novgorod and the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland, Casimir IV Jagiellon (r. 1440–1492), said to have been found in a cache of documents after the battle of Shelon, made it clear that the Lithuanian Grand Prince was not to interfere with the election of the archbishop of Novgorod or the Orthodox faith in the ...
Swedish Crusade against Novgorod (1348–1351) Novgorod Republic: Sweden: Mixed results 1445 Novgorodian-Norwegian war [citation needed] Novgorod Republic: Norway: Norwegian victory [citation needed] 1456, 1471, and 1477–1478 Muscovite-Novgorodian Wars . Battle of Staraya Russa (1456) Battle of Shelon (1471) Novgorod Republic: Principality of ...
Novgorod Land was especially seriously affected by the crisis of the late 16th century. Due to a severe epidemic hitting Novgorod in 1552, massacres by Ivan the Terrible, repeated crop failures and the increasing tax burden, the population decreased five times by the end of the century. [41] [42] Novgorod Land on the Dutch map of Muscovy (1593)