The battle was a clear victory for Prince Ivan Khovansky of the Tsardom of Russia over Swedish Governor-General Count Magnus De la Gardie allowing the Russians to regroup after a brief resurgence of Swedish resistance.1657 1658 After the defeat at Walk, in July 1657, Ivan Khovansky was appointed as the Pskov voivode.

In September, the Swedes under Governor-General Count Magnus De la Gardie invaded the Gdov district, but Prince Khovansky timely learned about the invasion of the Swedish army and managed to reinforce the garrison of the city to 1,000 men (300 noble militia, 300 Don Cossacks, 200 Streltsy, 100 Luga Cossacks, 100 mercenaries), but with only two guns.

On the night of September 16, Russian troops caught the retreating army of De la Gardie 3 versts from Gdov on the river Chermi.

Beginning the persecution, Prince Khovansky sent forward the cavalry: 12 noble hundreds, Don Cossacks and Reiters.

The decisive action was the attack of the Russian Reiters, who knocked the enemy out of position and fled.