Atlas of Battles

contested ground, 3 engagements

Nizhny Novgorod: contested ground

The ground around Nizhny Novgorod was fought over 3 times between 1439 and 1505: 1 battle, 1 siege and 1 campaign, in 3 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Battle for Nizhniy NovgorodSiege of Nizhny NovgorodOperation EisenhammerOperation EisenhammerCheboksaryIvanovoVladimirYoshkar OlaDzerzhinskKovrovMuromVyska200 km56.315N, 44.000E
3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
1439Battle for Nizhniy NovgorodNizhny NovgorodFirst Russo-Kazan War
6 September 1505Siege of Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorod KremlinRusso-Kazan War of 1505-1507
date unknownOperation EisenhammerWorld War II

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.