Poltava

Book · Written work · 1828 CE

See Poltava against the history it belongs to: 1 related event on the Annalium map, in time and place.

poem by Alexander Pushkin

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Battle of Poltava1709 CEMain subject
The Battle of Poltava fought on 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated a Swedish army commanded by Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle would lead to the Swedish Empire losing its status as a European great power and also marked the beginning of Russian supremacy in eastern Europe.

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