Third Russian War

The Third Russian War was a conflict in Part 2 of Episode XV of Varna. Initiated as the Ingrian War between Sweden and Novgorod, the latter was soon faced with a second front against Ryazan.
Sides	"Red" 	"Blue" 	RESULT
Sides	Sweden, Ryazan	Novgorod	Novgorod defeated, formation of Russia
In the final few months of the Livonian War, after Sweden failed to annex Riga, they took Estonia as a consolation prize. However, Estonia was not linked to Sweden's Finnish territories by land, so to achieve this, Sweden declared war on Novgorod in late December 1543. Sweden caught Novgorod by surprise, advancing from Estonia to reach Pskov, and quickly conquering Ingria from Novgorod. The two northern powers remained in a stalemate for most of 1544, until Sweden managed to conquer more territories west of the city of Novgorod, which brought about another stalemate.
New Year's Day 1546 was not a day of celebration for Novgorod; it was the day that Ryazan began invading from the south. Just like the Swedes, Ryazan had surprised Novgorod, and therefore advanced deep into Novgorodian lands. Then came a third stalemate that lasted until early December, when Ryazan achieved what Muscovy couldn't - the capture of the city of Novgorod. Ryazan had already begun their next southward conquest before they signed an agreement which formally divided the Novgorod Republic with Sweden, who annexed Ingria and south-western Karelia. On New Year's Day 1547, the remainder of the Novgorodian territories came under the direct control of Ryazan, or more accurately... the Tsar of all Rus'.