Assault on Ivangorod

Assault on Ivangorod
Part of the Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497)

Ivangorod today
DateAugust 19–27, 1496
Location
Result Swedish victory
Territorial
changes
Ivangorod is destroyed by the Swedes
Belligerents
Sweden Grand Principality of Moscow
Commanders and leaders
Knut Posse
Svante Nilsson
Yuryi Babich
Strength
2,000 to 5,000
70 vessels
Unknown
Casualties and losses
minor 3,000 soldiers and civilians killed
300 captured

The assault on Ivangorod was a battle fought between the Grand Principality of Moscow and the Kingdom of Sweden at the Russian fortress of Ivangorod in 1496, resulting in the mass plundering of the city and thousands of civilians being killed by the Swedes. It was later burned down because the Swedes lacked resources to defend it.