Siege of Polotsk (1579)

Part of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory in the Livonian War

The Siege of Polotsk, 1579, in a contemporary illustration.

Date	August 11–30, 1579
Location	Polotsk 55°29′13″N 28°45′39″E / 55.48694°N 28.76083°E / 55.48694; 28.76083Coordinates: 55°29′13″N 28°45′39″E / 55.48694°N 28.76083°E / 55.48694; 28.76083
Result	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth captures Polotsk

Belligerents

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Tsardom of Russia

Commanders and leaders

Stefan Bathory

Ivan IV of Russia

Livonian War

Narva 1558 Dorpat Ringen Tirsen Ergeme Fellin Nevel Polotsk 1563 Ula Ozerishche Chashniki Reval 1570 Lode Wesenberg Pärnu Reval 1577 Weissenstein Wenden Báthory's campaigns (Polotsk 1579 Sokol Rzhev Velikiye Luki Toropets Shklov Zavolochye Nastasyino Radziwill raid Pskov) Narva 1581 Lyalitsy Oreshek

The Siege of Polotsk (Russian: Осада Полоцка, Polish: Oblężenie Połocka) was a siege by forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under Stefan Bathory of the Russian-held city of Polotsk which began on August 11, 1579. Bathory gathered a large army of over 55,000 which included Polish, Hungarian, Wallachian, Bohemian and German soldiers. His main army (over 40,000 strong) in what is known as the Second Campaign of Bathory advanced on Polotsk. The Russian defenders surrendered the city on August 30, 1579. After taking the city, Bathory's forces then moved to besiege Velikiye Luki.

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