Ku sii qor faqradan - Waqooyiga, Dagaalkii Livonian wuxuu ka dhacay gobolka istiraatiijiyadeed iyo dhaqaale ahaan muhiimka ah ee Livonia, dhulka caadiga ah 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. Tan waxaa raacay guushii Lithuania ee Dagaalkii Ula
1564kii, laakiin dib uma soo ceshan Polotsk. Ruushka, Iswiidhan iyo Boolishka-Lithuania ayaa kala qaybiyay Livonia.