Ivan the Terrible: a Military History by Alexander Filjushkin - 9781848325043

Ivan the Terrible: a Military HistoryAuthor(s): Alexander Filjushkin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Frontline Books\nISBN-13: 9781848325043, 978-1848325043\nSynopsis\nIvan was also the first Russian ruler to invade Europe, and his Campaigns against the Livonian Confederation were initially very successful. In 1558, Russian soldiers occupied Dorpat and Narva, and laid siege to Reval, creating vital trade routes over the Baltic Sea. At the Battle of Ergema the Russians defeated the knights of the Livonian Order, fuelling Ivan's dreams of a Russian [url] as Erik XIV of Sweden recaptured Reval, and the Poles joined forces with the Lithuannians, the war began to turn against Ivan. In 1571, an army of 120,000 Crimean Tatars crossed the River Ugra, crushed the Russian defences, and burned Moscow to the ground. As Ivan became increasingly paranoid and violent, he carried out a number of terrible massacres. It is thought that more than forty .