Livonian campaign against Rus'

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Livonian campaign against Rus'
Part of the Northern Crusades
The Battle of the Ice. Miniature from the 16th century.
Date 1240–1242 Location Rus' (Izborsk, Pskov and Koporye, Lake Peipus) Result Rus' victory Defeat of the Livonian Order Peace with Prince Alexander Nevsky, waiver of claims to present day Northern Russia.
Belligerents
Livonian Order Bishopric of Dorpat Medieval Denmark	Novgorod Republic Vladimir-Suzdal
Commanders and leaders
Andreas von Velven Hermann of Dorpat Dietrich von Grüningen	Alexander Nevsky Andrey Yaroslavich Gavriil Aleksic Domash Tverdislav
Units involved
10,000–12,000 people	15,000–17,000 people

The Livonian campaign against Rus' was a military campaign that lasted from 1240 to 1242, and was carried out by the Teutonic Knights of the Livonian Order with the aim to conquer the lands of Pskov and Novgorod and convert them to Catholicism.