PETER TALVAR, RIINA SOLMAN⟩A true story: the Muscovites were driven back with shame from the walls of Tallinn(1)

The south side of Kiek in de Köki. You can see the outline of the wall-built opening, the wall-built stone and the iron cannons. View from the Inger Bastion.

Photo: Peeter Talvar. Read the summary. 455 years have passed since the end of the first siege of Tallinn in the Livonian War (1558–1583).

This war was a victory for the people of Tallinn. On March 16, we remember the event from the time of the Livonian War, when the Muscovites had to retreat from the walls of Tallinn with shame. This was an important moment in the history of the defense of Tallinn, say historian Peeter Talvar and Tallinn’s Deputy Mayor Riina Solman (Isamaa).

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