Strugs on the Neva

An exciting historical novel tells about the war with the Swedes, which Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich led in 1656-1658. Although, throughout its Russian troops, many glorious victories were won in the Baltic states and the Neva, this war almost did not attract the attention of writers and for a long time remained little -known for the reading public. But her goal was considerable: half a century before Peter the Great, his father Alexei Mikhailovich tried to wide open the door to Europe: the siege of Riga and Notibur - Russian nut, Kexholm - Russian Korela, the capture of Derpt - the ancient Russian city of Yuryev, other cities and fortresses in Livonia , the destruction of a nytenshant and even the defeat of Russian strings on the Neva of the Swedish squadron