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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 .
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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 ...
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.
Charles XII moved from Saxony into Russia to confront Peter, but the campaign ended in 1709 with the destruction of the main Swedish army at the decisive Battle of Poltava (in present-day Ukraine) and Charles' exile in the Ottoman town of Bender.
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. ...
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]
The map of Ukraine made by Johann Homann, refers to it as Ukraine, or the Land of Cossacks (Latin: Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum). The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin also talks about "Ukraine" rather than "Cossack Hetmanate" in his poem Poltava describing events around the 1709 Battle of Poltava. [citation needed]