The other side, a branch of the Teutonic Knights, transferred territory to Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
During this war, journeyman goldsmith turned guerrilla leader Ivo Schenkenberg was nicknamed "Hannibal" and peasants defended the castle of Marienhausen by throwing rocks at their besiegers. The priest Silvester and Aleksei Adashev were charged with witchcraft for opposing this war, whose stated cause was arrears in tribute from the bishopric of Dorpat. After Stefan Batory recaptured Polotsk and began to besiege Pskov, the losing side in this war asked for a three-year truce. During this war, one side suffered attacks by the Crimean Tatars and created the oprichnina. The other side, a branch of the Teutonic Knights, transferred territory to Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. For 10 points, name this 16th-century war, Ivan the Terrible's attempt to secure access to the Baltic by seizing a Finnic-speaking region of present-day Latvia.
During this war, journeyman goldsmith turned guerrilla leader Ivo Schenkenberg was nicknamed "Hannibal" and peasants defended the castle of Marienhausen by throwing rocks at their besiegers.
Livonian War