Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 1577 – déc. 1577
- Type
- Siège
- Coordonnées
- 57.31° N, 25.27° E
- Description
- 1577 Russian siege
Siege of Cēsis Castle (1577)
Russian siege
The siege of Cēsis Castle (1577) was a part of Ivan the Terrible's campaign to conquer Old Livonia. After a five-day-long bombardment, about 300 people within the castle committed mass suicide by blowing themselves up with four barrels of gunpowder. The event is regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in the war-torn Europe of the early modern period.
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