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1558 – 1583 · Europe · War
Livonian War
The Livonian War (1558–1583) concerned the control of Old Livonia. The Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of the Dano-Norwegian Realm, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.

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