Storm of Kokenhusen

56°38′17″N 25°25′03″E / 56.63806°N 25.41750°E / 56.63806; 25.41750Result Russian victoryBelligerents Swedish Empire Tsardom of RussiaCommanders and leaders Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie Tsar Aleksey MikhailovichStrength 300^[1] 2,500^[2]Casualties and losses 300^[1] 67 killed
430 wounded^[3]

The Storm of Kokenhusen by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of the Second Northern War. On 14 August 1656 Russian troops stormed and captured the well-fortified town of Kokenhusen (Koknese) in Swedish Livonia (present-day Latvia)

According to the Tsar, this town “was very strong, had a deep moat, like a small brother of the Kremlin's moat, and its fortress is like a son of Smolensk's fortress”. Tsar also gave city new name, "Tsarevich-Dmitriev" (Russian: Царевич-Дмитриев) in honor of his infant son, Tsarevich Dmitry Alexeyevich of Russia, who had died in 1649. This new name didn't last since in 1681 city was returned to Swedish Livonia. ^[4]

After capturing Kokenhusen, Russia gained control of the Daugava River and the way to Riga was opened.

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