The Storm of Kokenhusen by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of the Second Northern War. On 14 August 1656 Russian troops stormed and captured the well-fortified town of Kokenhusen (Koknese) in Swedish Livonia (present-day Latvia)
| Storm of Kokenhusen | |||||||||
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| Part of Second Northern War / Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | |||||||||
 A drawing of Kokenhusen and its fortress about 30 years prior to the storming. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Swedish Empire |
 Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie[citation needed] |
Aleksey Mikhailovich | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 300[1] | 2,500[2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 300[1] |
67 killed 430 wounded[3] | ||||||||
According to the Tsar, this town “was very strong, had a deep moat, like a small brother of the Kremlin's moat, and its fortress is like a son of Smolensk's fortress”. Tsar also gave city new name, "Tsarevich-Dmitriev" (Russian: Царевич-Дмитриев) in honor of his infant son, Tsarevich Dmitry Alexeyevich of Russia, who had died in 1649. This new name didn't last since in 1681 city was returned to Swedish Livonia. [4]
After capturing Kokenhusen, Russia gained control of the Daugava River and the way to Riga was opened.
References
edit- ^ a b Englund, Peter. Belägringen av Riga. 2015.
- ^ (in Russian) Акты Московского государства, изданные Императорской Академией Наук. Под ред. Попова Н.А. Том II. Разрядный приказ. Московский стол. 1635-1659. СПб, 1894. С.532
- ^ Соловьёв С.М. (in Russian) Продолжение царствования Алексея Михайловича // История России с древнейших времен.
- ^ Андрей Поспелов (in Russian) Российский военно-морской флот Litres, 2019, ISBN 5041562423, ISBN 9785041562427
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