| Storm of Kokenhusen | |||||||||
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| Part ofSecond Northern War / Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | |||||||||
 A drawing of Kokenhusen and its fortress about 30 years prior to the storming. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Swedish Empire |  Tsardom of Russia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie[citation needed] | Aleksey Mikhailovich | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 300[1] | 2,500[2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 300[1] | 67 killed 430 wounded[3] | ||||||||
TheStorm of Kokenhusen by the Russian Army under TsarAlexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of theRusso-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of theSecond Northern War. On 14 August 1656 Russian troops stormed and captured the well-fortified town ofKokenhusen (Koknese) inSwedish Livonia (present-dayLatvia)[4]
According to the Tsar, this town “was very strong, had a deep moat, like a small brother of theKremlin's moat, and its fortress is like a son ofSmolensk's fortress”. Tsar also gave city new name, "Tsarevich-Dmitriev" (Russian:Царевич-Дмитриев) in honor of his infant son,Tsarevich Dmitry Alexeyevich of Russia, who had died in 1649. This new name didn't last since in 1681 city was returned toSwedish Livonia.[4] After capturing Kokenhusen, Russia gained control of theDaugava River and the way toRiga was opened.[4]
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