Treaty of Novgorod (1537)
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The Treaty of Novgorod, signed in 1537 between the Grand Duchy of Moscow
and Sweden
, was a truce set to expire in sixty years. The truce lasted until the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557), which was ended by the Treaty of Novgorod (1557)
, in a truce set likewise to expire in 1597.
Grand Duchy of Moscow
The Grand Duchy of Moscow or Grand Principality of Moscow, also known in English simply as Muscovy , was a late medieval Rus' principality centered on Moscow, and the predecessor state of the early modern Tsardom of Russia....
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, was a truce set to expire in sixty years. The truce lasted until the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557), which was ended by the Treaty of Novgorod (1557)
Treaty of Novgorod (1557)
The Treaty, Truce or Second Peace of Novgorod was concluded in March 1557. It ended the Russo-Swedish War , a series of skirmishes in the Vyborg and Oreshek areas resulting from Swedish attempts to keep Livonia, where the Teutonic Order's rule had collapsed, out of the Russian sphere of...
, in a truce set likewise to expire in 1597.