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Livonian War
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The Livonian War was a 25-year conflict fought in the Baltic region from 1558 to 1583 between several powers competing for control of that strategically important area. The war reshaped the political map of Eastern Europe and established Russia, Sweden, and Poland-Lithuania as major regional powers.
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Vinony's link graph records 906 inbound references to Livonian War, and connects out to oprichnina, Terra Mariana and Battles of Wenden.
Vinony files it under 1550s in Russia, 1558 in Europe and 1558 in Lithuania.
Vinony links it to 57 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- war
- Part of
- Northern Wars
- Location
- Northern Europe
- Image
- Siege of Narva 1558.jpg
- Significant event
- Truce of Yam-Zapolsky
- Participant
- Tsardom of Russia
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- topic's main category
- Category:Livonian War
- Commons category
- Livonian War
- start time
- 1558-01-17
- end time
- 1583-05-26
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- point in time
- 1558-01-22
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Livonian Confederation Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union) Denmark–Norway Sweden Transylvania (after 1577) Russia Qasim Khanate Kingdom of Livonia Commanders and leaders
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