Uprising of Bolotnikov False Dmitry II: Polish–Russian War: The Battle of Torzhok was a battle on June 17, 1609 between the advanced units of the Russian-Swedish army led by Prince Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky and Jacob De la Gardie and the army of Polish–Lithuanian invaders who fought for False Dmitry II, led by Alexander Zborovsky.

The strategically important city itself was "deposited" from the impostor, and its wooden fortress was occupied by the 4,000-strong Russian–Swedish detachment of Kornila Cheglokov, Klaus Boy, and Otto Gelmer who had been sent in advance.

But the timely sortie from the city of governor Kornila Cheglokov helped restore the situation and allowed the retreating Russian-Swedish cavalry, together with the ripened forces, to launch a counterattack.

Having retreated to Tver, Zborovsky did not fulfill the task assigned to him – the capture of Torzhok and consolidation in it in order to block the way to the main forces of Skopin-Shuisky.

It also became clear that the heavily organized cavalry was opposed by a well-organized and armed army capable of repelling its attacks in field battles.