Treaty Of Valiesar

The Treaty of Valiesar ( et, Vallisaare vaherahu, russian: Валиесарский договор 1658) was a treaty between Russia and Sweden, which concluded the Russo-Swedish theater of the

Second Northern War The Second Northern War (1655–60), (also First or Little Northern War) was fought between Sweden and its adversaries the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1655–60), the Tsardom of Russia (Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), 1656–58), Brande ...

. It was signed in the estate of Valiesar (Vallisaare) near

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

on 20 December 1658 (hence, the name). Russia was allowed to keep the conquered

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

n territories for three years —

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and a few others. When the term expired, Russia's military position in the war with Poland had deteriorated to such a point that tsar

Alexei Mikhailovich Aleksey Mikhaylovich ( rus, Алексе́й Миха́йлович, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ; – ) was the Tsar of Russia from 1645 until his death in 1676. While finding success in foreign affairs, his reign saw several wars ...

could not allow himself to be involved into a new conflict against powerful Sweden. His

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

s had no other choice but to sign the

Treaty of Cardis The Treaty of Cardis was a peace settlement made in 1661 between Tsardom of Russia and the Swedish Empire. This particular agreement ended the Russo–Swedish War (1656–1658). It took place in Cardis Manor (nowadays Kärde) in Estonia. Base ...

in 1661, which obliged Russia to yield its Livonian and

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n conquests to Sweden, confirming the provisions of the

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. This settlement was observed until the

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broke out in 1700. Second Northern War Valiesar Valiesar 1658 in Sweden 1658 in Russia 1658 treaties Valiesar Treaties of the Swedish Empire 17th century in Estonia History of Narva Russia–Sweden treaties {{Sweden-hist-stub