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Battle of Torzhok
Part of Fight Against False Dmitry II

Torzhok on a Swedish map of the 17th century
DateJune 17, 1609
Location
Torzhok, now Tver Oblast
Result Russo–Swedish victory
Belligerents
False Dmitry II Russian Kingdom
Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Zborovsky
Jan Kernozhitsky
Grigory Shakhovskoy
Kornila Cheglokov
Semyon Golovin
Evert Horn
Klaus Boy
Strength
6,000 5,000

The Battle of Torzhok was a battle on June 17, 1609 between the advanced units of the Russian-Swedish army led by Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky and Jacob De la Gardie and the army of Polish–Lithuanian invaders who fought for False Dmitry II, led by Alexander Zborovsky. It ended with the defeat of the interventionist troops and its retreat.

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