The young King Gustavus Adolphus, after succeeding…

July 1613 CE

The young King Gustavus Adolphus, after succeeding to the Swedish throne in 1611, had decided to press his brother's claim to the Russian throne even after the Poles had been expelled from Moscow by the patriotic uprising of 1612 and Mikhail Romanov had been elected the new tsar.

While the Swedish statesmen envisage the creation of a Trans-Baltic dominion extending northwards to Archangelsk and eastwards to Vologda, Jacob De la Gardie, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, and other Swedish soldiers, still holding Novgorod and Ingria, see the war as a reaction for their forces not receiving payment for their succor during the De la Gardie Campaign of July 1610.

The Swedish forces advance towards Tikhvin in 1613 and lay siege to the city, but are repulsed.

The Russian counter-offensive fails to regain Novgorod, however.

The Russian tsar refuses to commit his troops to battle and the war lumbers on.

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Novgorod Novgorodskaya Oblast Russia View →

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Gustav II Adolf Vasa View → Jacob De la Gardie View → Mikhail I Romanov View →

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Sweden, (second) Kingdom of View → Russia, Tsardom of View → Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Commonwealth of the Two Nations) View →

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“Time of Troubles,” Russian View → Polish-Muscovite War, or Russo-Polish War of 1605–1618 View → Ingrian War, or Russo-Swedish War of 1610-17 View →

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