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The Battle of Poltava [j] (8 July 1709) [k] was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. The Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated the Swedish army under the command of Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld .
Map of Poltava 1857 The 200th Anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Poltava in June 1909 On 2 February 1808, the Poltava Male Gymnasium was established. [ 6 ] On 20 June 1808 some 54 families of craftsmen were invited to the city from German principalities and settled in the newly established German Sloboda neighborhood with about 50 clay ...
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The invasion began with Charles's crossing of the Vistula on 1 January 1708, and effectively ended with the Swedish defeat in the Battle of Poltava on 8 July 1709, though Charles continued to pose a military threat to Russia for several years while under the protection of the Ottoman Turks.
Katastrofen vid Poltava – Karl XII:s ryska fälttåg 1707–1709 [The disaster at Poltava – Charles XII's Russian campaign 1707–1709] (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska Media. ISBN 978-91-85377-70-1. Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558–1721. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.
1667 - Poltava becomes part of Russia. [3] 1709 - Russian forces defeat Swedish forces near city during the Battle of Poltava. [2] 1751 - Construction of Dormition Cathedral begins. 1773 - Church of the Resurrection built. [4] 1802 - Poltava becomes "a provincial centre." [5] 1809 - Column of Victory installed in Alexandrovskaya Square. [4]
Pages in category "Battle of Poltava" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
It signified the virtual annihilation of the once formidable Swedish army after the defeat at Battle of Poltava, and paved the way for the eventual Russian victory in the Great Northern War. After the Battle of Poltava , Charles XII escaped to Moldavia , a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire .