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Swedish invasion of Russia
Part of the Great Northern War
The Battle of Poltava by Louis Caravaque
Date
1 January 1708 — 8 July 1709
Location
Tsardom of Russia
Result
Russian victory
Belligerents
Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Kalmyk Khanate Sandomierz Confederation
Swedish Empire Cossack supporters of Mazepa (from October 1708) Warsaw Confederation
Commanders and leaders
Peter the Great Aleksandr Menshikov Boris Sheremetev Ivan Mazepa (until October 1708) Ayuka Khan
Charles XII Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt Ivan Mazepa (from October 1708)
Strength
192,000[a]
97,000[b]
Casualties and losses
21,675–26,248 combat casualties Thousands froze to death
15,088–19,085 combat casualties 14,800–14,977 captured 13,759 froze to death
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Charles XII invasion of Russia
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Holowczyn
Neva
Malatitze
Rajovka
Lesnaya
Desna
Baturyn
Koniecpol
Veprik
Oposhnya
Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye
Sokolki
Poltava
Perevolochna
The invasion of Russia by Charles XII of Sweden was a campaign undertaken during the Great Northern War between Sweden and the allied states of Russia, Poland, and Denmark. 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.
^ abcDorrell, Nicholas. The Dawn of the Tsarist Empire: Poltava & the Russian Campaigns of 1708–1709, Partizan Press (2009). pp. 52–62
^ abKonovaltjuk & Lyth, Pavel & Einar (2009). Vägen till Poltava. Slaget vid Lesnaja 1708 (in Swedish). Svenskt Militärhistorisk Biblioteks Förlag. p. 39
^Gordon A. The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia: To which is Prefixed a Short General History of the Country from the Rise of that Monarchy: and an Account of the Author's Life, Volume 1. Aberdeen. 1755. pp. 266
^Peter From. Katastrofen vid Poltava. Lund, 2007. p. 50
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