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Swedish invasion of Russia | |||||||
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Part of the Great Northern War | |||||||
![]() The Battle of Poltava by Pierre-Denis Martin | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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 |
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.
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