Military operations of Ivan IV in the Livonian War (1570s)

Timeline

1. 1570–1571Reval · EstoniaIn 1570 Russian forces laid siege in force to Swedish-held Reval (present-day Tallinn), deploying large numbers of artillery and sappers. The siege lasted over a year; the Swedish garrison resisted stubbornly with supplies by sea, and the Russians ultimately failed to take the city, though they consumed large Swedish manpower and resources.
2. 1575–1577Dorpat · EstoniaRussian forces captured Dorpat (Tartu) in 1575, controlling the key town of southern Estonia, and continued to push into the Livonian interior, taking fortresses such as Wendenable, extending Russian power deep into the hinterland of the eastern Baltic coast.
3. 1578–1579Pskov · RussiaFacing Batory's coalition counteroffensive, Ivan IV concentrated forces on consolidating the Pskov and other frontier defenses. In the siege of Pskov of 1578–1579 Russian forces successfully held the city, forcing the Polish coalition to lift the siege, and the Livonian front entered a war of attrition and stalemate.