| Tatar attack into Finland | |||||||||
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| Part of the Livonian War | |||||||||
&sq=KGB&lang=en&file=File:Suomenmaa_-_Uudenmaan_l%C3%A4%C3%A4ni.jpg) Map of Nyland (Uusimaa) from 1919 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Sweden | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Petter Severinsson Juusten Johannes Berndes Herman Fleming Martin Johansson Boije |
 Mstislavskij | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Force at Porkala | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 1,200 cavalry | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Many captured | Heavy | ||||||||
The Tatar attack into Finland occurred in January or February 1577 in conjunction with the siege of Reval during the Livonian War, when around 1,200 Russo–Tatar and possibly Mongol cavalry went over the ice to Nyland (modern-day Uusimaa) in southern Finland and raided the countryside.
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