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| Northern War in Ukraine | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Ukrainian Wars | |||||||
 Battle of Poltava | |||||||
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 Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire  Rzeczpospolita  Cossack Hetmanate loyal to Charles XII |
 Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate loyal to Peter І | ||||||
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Charles XII Stanisław Leszczyński Ahmed III Ivan Mazepa † Pylyp Orlyk |
Peter І | ||||||
The Great Northern War in Ukraine (1708–1713) — war between the Tsardom of Russia on one hand and the Swedish Empire and the Ottoman Empire on the other.[1]
Since the beginning of the Great Northern War, Ukraine, as a satellite of the Tsardom of Russia, had been supplying Moscow troops with manpower, ammunition, fodder and food. With the arrival of Charles XII in Ukraine, hetman Ivan Mazepa concluded the Ukrainian-Swedish Alliance with the King and opposed Peter I. Following the Hetman, the Zaporozhian Army led by kosh otaman Kost Hordienko also joined the Swedes.
After the Baturyn tragedy and the Battle of Poltava, the Ukrainian Cossacks, who opposed Peter I, withdrew together with Mazepa and Charles XII to Bendery.
After Mazepa's death, Pylyp Orlyk was elected as hetman of Ukraine, and he continued the fight for Ukraine's independence. In 1711 the Ukrainian Cossacks together with the Tatars organized a campaign in Kyiv region. However, due to the insidious retreat of the Tatars, the campaign ended in failure, and Orlyk fell back.
All this time, King Charles XII and hetman Orlyk were conducting diplomatic work in the Ottoman Empire and many European capitals in order to organize an anti-Moscow coalition. However, these efforts were unsuccessful.
Muscovy managed to avoid any large-scale military action by the Ottoman Empire through diplomatic efforts and bribing of Ottoman officials. Another peace treaty was signed on April 17, 1712. However, on April 30, 1713, Sultan Ahmed III declared a new war — though no significant fighting took place.
During 1713, the Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire finally ceased hostilities. Charles XII left the territory of the Ottoman Empire and headed to Sweden.
- ^ Григорьев, Б. Н. (2006). Карл XII, или Пять пуль для короля. Молодая гвардия. p. 547. ISBN 5-235-02910-0.