Siege of Opochka

Siege of Opochka
	Part of Fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War
Date	20 September – 18 October 1517[citation needed]
Location	Opochka fortress56°42′43″N 28°39′23″E / 56.71194°N 28.65639°E
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania ; Kingdom of Poland	Grand Duchy of Moscow
Commanders and leaders
Konstanty Ostrogski ; Janusz Świerczowski [pl] ; Jerzy Radziwiłł	Vasily Morozov-Saltykov ; Fyodor Lopata Telepnev-Obolensky [ru] ; Ivan Lacki [ru]
Strength
14,000	150
Casualties and losses
About 5,000	Unknown

The siege of Opochka was an unsuccessful attempt by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland to conquer the Russian fortress of Opochka during the Fourth Muscovite–Lithuanian War.

Russian troops were able to successfully defend the fortress and inflict heavy damage on the Poles and Lithuanians,^[6] avenging the defeat at Orsha three years ago.^[7] The replies of the Polish king Sigismund did not describe the course of the siege, but the invented battle of Opochka, where the Russians allegedly lost.^[8]

References

^ Carol Stevens (2007). Russia's Wars of Emergence 1460-1730. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 978-0582218918.
^ Lobin 2017, p. 30.
^ Lobin 2017, p. 31.
^ ^a ^b Lobin 2017, p. 42.
^ Lobin A. «Бесова деревня» Опочка. Неизвестный эпизод Смоленской войны 1512-1522. p. 77
^ Lobin 2017, p. 44.
^ Nikolay Karamzin, History of Russia state. V. 7 cp. 2
^ Lobin 2017, p. 43.

Notes

^ The Lithuanian troops themselves had about 6,000 at their disposal,^[2] with a contingent of 4,000 mercenaries.^[3] Later, another 4,000-strong detachment went to reinforce.^[4]

Sources

Lobin, Alexei (2017). Оборона Опочки: «бесова деревня» против армии Константина Острожского [Defense of Opochka: "devilish village" against Konstantin Ostrogsky's army] (in Russian). Moscow: Русские витязи. ISBN 978-5-9909605-7-2.

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[1] Carol Stevens (2007). Russia's Wars of Emergence 1460-1730. Routledge. p. 59. ISBN 978-0582218918.

[FOOTNOTELobin201730-2] Lobin 2017, p. 30.

[FOOTNOTELobin201731-3] Lobin 2017, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTELobin201742-4] Lobin 2017, p. 42.

[6] Lobin A. «Бесова деревня» Опочка. Неизвестный эпизод Смоленской войны 1512-1522. p. 77

[FOOTNOTELobin201744-7] Lobin 2017, p. 44.

[8] Nikolay Karamzin, History of Russia state. V. 7 cp. 2

[FOOTNOTELobin201743-9] Lobin 2017, p. 43.

[5] The Lithuanian troops themselves had about 6,000 at their disposal,^[2] with a contingent of 4,000 mercenaries.^[3] Later, another 4,000-strong detachment went to reinforce.^[4]

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