Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497)
| Russo-Swedish War of 1495–1497 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Swedish wars | |||||||||
The 1495 Vyborg Bang, as depicted by Olaus Magnus on the Carta marina | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Grand Principality of Moscow | Kingdom of Sweden | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ivan III Daniil Shchenya Vasily Kosoy Vasily Shuisky Andrey Chelyadnin |
Sten Sture the Elder Svante Nilsson Knut Jönsson Posse | ||||||||
The Russo-Swedish War of 1495–1497, known in Sweden as the Stures' Russian War (Swedish: Sturarnas ryska krig) and in Russia as the First Swedish War (Russian: Первая Шведская война), was a border war between the Grand Principality of Moscow and the Kingdom of Sweden. Although the war was relatively short, and did not lead to any territorial changes, it has significance as the first war between Sweden and Moscow. Sweden earlier fought wars against the Novgorod Republic, before Novgorod was formally annexed to Moscow in 1478 – an event that led to the emergence of a unified Russian state.