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- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia abstract "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.In the years preceding the invasion of Russia, Charles had inflicted significant defeats on the Danish and Polish forces, and enthroned the puppet king Stanislas Leszczyński in Poland. Having consolidated his victories there, Charles turned his attentions to Russia. He entered Russia by crossing the frozen Vistula River at the head of 40,000 men, approximately half of them cavalry. This tactic was characteristic of his military style, which relied on moving armies with great speed over unexpected terrain. As a consequence of this rapid initiation of the campaign, Charles nearly gave battle with Peter the Great just one month into the campaign, reaching Hrodna, now in Belarus, a mere two hours after Russian forces had abandoned it.Charles was a skilled military leader, and probably considered the invasion to be a risky enterprise; he had resisted the advice of his generals to invade during the Russian winter following the first Battle of Narva (1700). He chose to continue his invasion now because he expected Swedish reinforcements and the alliance of the Cossacks under Ivan Mazepa. The reinforcing Swedish army, however, was ambushed by Russians, and a Russian army under Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov had destroyed Mazepa's capital and chased him to Charles with just thirteen hundred men.The invasion was further complicated by the scorched earth strategy formulated by Peter and his generals. The Russian armies retreated continuously, dispersing the cattle and hiding the grain in the peasant towns they passed, burning unharvested crops, and leaving no resources for the Swedish army to stave off the Russian winter. By the end of the winter of 1708–1709, the "Great Frost of 1709" had devastated the Swedish army and shrunk it to 24,000 men. In May 1709, the Swedish forces caught up to the Russians, and the two armies clashed in the Battle of Poltava. The Swedish were defeated, and the greater part of Charles's army, some 19,000 men, were forced to surrender.Charles fled with his surviving 543 men to the protection of the Ottoman Turks to the south, who were traditionally hostile to Russia. Here, Charles was eventually able to persuade the Sultan Ahmed III to declare war on Russia. Backed by a Turkish army of 200,000 men, Charles led the Turks into the Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711). Before Charles could give battle, though, Peter was able to bribe the Turkish vizier to peace; with this, Charles's ambitions to invade Russia were ended.The consequences of the failed invasion were far-reaching. The Swedish Empire never added new territory after the Battle of Poltava. George I of Great Britain led Great Britain and Prussia into war against Sweden, and Denmark reentered the war. Russia gained prestige in Europe, and won Louis XIV as an ally.".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia causalties "13,759 froze to death".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia causalties "15,676 captured".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia causalties "5,690 killed".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia causalties "7,367 wounded".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia causalties "In major battles:".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "20px Cossack Hetmanate".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "20px Kalmyk Khanate".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "Russian Empire".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "Swedish Empire".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Adam_Ludwig_Lewenhaupt.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Aleksandr_Danilovich_Menshikov.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Ayuka_Khan.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Boris_Sheremetev.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Carl_Gustav_Rehnski%C3%B6ld.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Charles_XII_of_Sweden.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Ivan_Mazepa.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander Peter_the_Great.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia isPartOfMilitaryConflict Great_Northern_War.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia place Russia.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia result "Decisive Russian victory".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "110,000 Russians".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "30,000 Cossacks".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "43,035 Caroleans".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia thumbnail Marten's_Poltava.jpg?width=300.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia wikiPageID "10167211".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia wikiPageRevisionID "604253314".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia caption "The Battle of Poltava by Denis Martens the Younger, painted 1726".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "10464".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "13759".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "15502".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "15676".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "5690".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "7367".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "In major battles:".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia casualties "Many thousands froze to death".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "20".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "Russian Empire".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia combatant "Swedish Empire".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "20".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Aleksandr Menshikov".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Boris Sheremetev".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Karl XII".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia commander "Peter the Great".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia conflict "The Invasion of Russia by Charles XII".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia date "1708".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia partof Great_Northern_War.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia place Russia.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia result "Decisive Russian victory".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "110000".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "30000".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia strength "43035".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia subject Category:Great_Northern_War.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia subject Category:Invasions.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type Event.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type MilitaryConflict.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type SocietalEvent.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type Event.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type Event.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia type Thing.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia comment "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.".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia label "Swedish invasion of Russia".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia label "Русский поход Карла XII".
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia sameAs Švédské_tažení_do_Ruska.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia sameAs m.02q4017.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia sameAs Q3488959.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia sameAs Q3488959.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia wasDerivedFrom Swedish_invasion_of_Russia?oldid=604253314.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia depiction Marten's_Poltava.jpg.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia isPrimaryTopicOf Swedish_invasion_of_Russia.
- Swedish_invasion_of_Russia name "The Invasion of Russia by Charles XII".