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The Battle that Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire

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The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of Peter the Great’s vast Russian Empire. In 1700, the Tsar combined with Denmark, Saxony, and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. When the forces finally defeated King Charles XII of Sweden in 1708 at Poltava, in the Ukraine, it proved the turning-point of the Great Northern War, heralding the collapse of the Swedish Empire and the rise of Russia, the effects of which would be felt for almost three hundred years. Swedish historian Peter Englund’s vivid account of the three violent days of battle is an internationally acclaimed classic of military history.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Release: March 19, 2003

ISBN: 1860648479

ISBN 13: 9781860648472

The Battle that Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire

4/5 ( ratings)

The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of Peter the Great’s vast Russian Empire. In 1700, the Tsar combined with Denmark, Saxony, and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. When the forces finally defeated King Charles XII of Sweden in 1708 at Poltava, in the Ukraine, it proved the turning-point of the Great Northern War, heralding the collapse of the Swedish Empire and the rise of Russia, the effects of which would be felt for almost three hundred years. Swedish historian Peter Englund’s vivid account of the three violent days of battle is an internationally acclaimed classic of military history.

Language: English

Pages: 288

Format: Paperback

Publisher: I.B. Tauris

Release: March 19, 2003

ISBN: 1860648479

ISBN 13: 9781860648472

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