Jump up ^ This raid was carried out by a Finnish peasant chief named Pekka Antinpoika Vesainen , on December 25 , 1589 .
Was part of the Russo - Swedish War ( 1590 -- 1595 ) .
Jump up ^ This raid was carried out by a Finnish peasant chief named Pekka Antinpoika Vesainen , on December 25 , 1589 , and was part of the Russo - Swedish War ( 1590 -- 1595 ) .