Siege of Dorpat (1656)
| 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 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Trubetskoy | Lars Fleming | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 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 | 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.