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The Border conflict at Nyslott was a series of confrontations between Swedish forces and Russian forces around the area of Nyslott.
| Border conflict at Nyslott | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo-Swedish Wars | |||||||||
 Nyslott today | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Russia | |||||||||
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| Eric Bielke | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Unknown | 1,000 | ||||||||
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| Unknown | Heavy | ||||||||
After the conclusion of the Russo Swedish War 1495-1497, Sten Sture returned to Sweden and discovered that a large revolt had begun against him, resulting in the Battle of Rotebro where he was deposed in favor of King Hans of Denmark.
In August of 1499, the governor of Vyborg, Eric Bielke, recieves alarming reports from Nyslott. The reports tell of battles against Russian forces who thought it was rightfully Russian and were attempting to move the border posts so that Nyslott is put inside Russian territory.[1][2] Of the 1,000 Russians that take part in the fighting, only about 200 are said to have been equipped with firearms, the others fight with axes and sabers.[1] In the following battles, the Russians suffered heavy casualties and were repulsed.[3][4][2]
Further details on the battles are not know, which seem to have been limited to the area around Nyslott. On the 14th of September 1504, Eric Bielke was able to sign a truce lasting 20 years with the Russians. The next major war between Sweden and Russia would not come until 1554. However, despite this, there is no guaranteed peace on the border between them, among other things a letter from 1509 tells that "the enemies of God and Christendom, the instransigent Russians" have ravaged Finland.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 375. ISBN 9189080262.
- ^ a b "Erik Turesson (Bielke) - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ Schybergson, Magnus Gottfrid (1887). Finlands historia (in Swedish). G. W. Edlund.
- ^ Styffe, Carl Gustaf (1875). Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade (in Swedish).