Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Waqooyiga, Dagaalkii Livonian wuxuu ka dhacay gobolka istiraatiijiyadeed iyo dhaqaale ahaan muhiimka ah ee Livonia, dhulka dhaqanka ee Livonian Order. Isbaheysiga Livonian wuxuu xulufo la yeeshay dhinaca Polish-Lithuanian sanadkii 1557 iyadoo la saxiixay heshiiskii Pozvol. Waxaa doonayay labada Lithuania iyo Poland, Livonia waxaa markaa lagu daray Boqortooyada Poland by Sigismund II. Dhacdooyinkan ayaa sababay in Ivan the Terrible ee Ruushka uu weeraro ka bilaabo Livonia laga bilaabo 1558, iyo markii dambe Lithuania. Qalcaddii Polotsk ee boqortooyadii weynayd ayaa dhacday 1563. Taas waxaa ku xigay guusha Lithuania ee tartanka.
Dagaalkii Ula sanadkii 1564, laakiin dib uma soo ceshan Polotsk. Ruushka, Iswiidhan iyo Boolishka-Lithuania ayaa kala qaybiyay Livonia.