The Great Northern War (1700-1721) was fought between a coalition led by Russia and the Swedish Empire for supremacy in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. Tsar Peter I of Russia was joined at various points by Denmark-Norway, Saxony, Prussia and Hanover against the Swedish Empire of Charles XII, and the anti-Swedish coalition's eventual victory ended Sweden's status as a great power, with Russia gaining the Baltic provinces of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria.
Facts
CombatantsThe Swedish Empire, with Holstein-Gottorp and, at times, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Cossack Hetmanate, against an anti-Swedish coalition of the Tsardom of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Saxony, Prussia and Hanover 1 OutcomeAnti-Swedish coalition victory; Russia gained the Baltic provinces of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria, Prussia and Hanover gained territory, and Sweden lost its Baltic dominance 1 Classification
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Commanders and Forces
Source Danish Defence (source article)
Peter the Great's reformed Russian army defeated Sweden at Poltava in the 1700-1721 Great Northern War
Charles XII's Caroleans carried Sweden's war effort through the 1700-1721 Great Northern War against Russia and its allies
Source Swedish Navy (source article)
Uses
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Great Northern War
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In the Great Northern War (1700-1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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In the Great Northern War (1700-1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Denmark-Norway (1700; 1709-1720) Saxony (1700-1706; from 1709) Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1701-1706; from 1709) Prussia (1715-1720) Hanover (1715-1719)
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Anti-Swedish coalition victory
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In the Great Northern War (1700-1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania.
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1,000,000+ total deaths
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In the Great Northern War (1700-1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
View the SourceDanish Defence (source article)
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the military has seen action in many wars, most involving Sweden, but also involving the world's great powers, including the Thirty Years' War, the Great Northern War, and the Napoleonic Wars.
Swedish Navy (source article)
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Great Northern War
Wikipedia: Pike
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At the start of the Great Northern War in 1700, Russian line infantry companies had 5 NCOs, 84 musketeers, and 18 pikemen, the musketeers initially being equipped with sword-like plug bayonets; they did not fully switch to socket bayonets until 1709.
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