Great Northern War

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English: The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one side and Sweden on the other side from 1700 to 1721.

Suomi: Suuri Pohjan sota käytiin vuosina 1700–1721 Ruotsin sekä Venäjän, Tanskan, Puola-Liettuan, Preussin ja Hannoverin muodostaman liittoutuman välillä.

Deutsch: Der Große nordische Krieg

Maps[edit]

Swedish campaign in Poland (1700-1706)

Battles[edit]

Riga 1700[edit]

Siege of Riga in 1700

Copenhagen 1700[edit]

Bombardment of Copenhagen
Medal issued after the Bombardment

Humlebäck 1700[edit]

Landing by Humlebäck

Narva 1700[edit]

The divestiture of the Russian army by Narva through the swedish under Charles XII., in 1700
The Swedish victory at Narva in 1700, by Gustaf Cederström, 1910
Deployment of the russian troops at Narva in 1700
Battle of Narva 1700

Archangelsk 1701[edit]

Petschora 1701[edit]

Düna 1701[edit]

Swedish Army crossing the Düna in 1701
Charles XII. and his army are crossing the Düna in 1701

Erastfer 1702[edit]

Russian attack in the Battle of Erastfer in 1702

Kliszow 1702[edit]

Saxon artillery in the Battle of Kliszow in 1702

Lake Ladoga 1702[edit]

Hummelshof 1702[edit]

Noteborg 1702[edit]

Peter sieges Noteborg in 1702
Schönebeck (SHONEBEK) Adrian (1661, Rotterdam – 1705, Moskau)

Nyenschantz 1703[edit]

Pultusk 1703[edit]

Battle of Pultusk 1703

Mitau 1703[edit]

Newa 1703[edit]

Saladen 1703[edit]

Embach River 1704[edit]

Narva 1704[edit]

Peter leads the Russian troops capturing Narva in 1704
Siege of Narva 1704

Jēkabpils / Jakobstadt 1704[edit]

Battle of Jēkabpils

Biržai 1704[edit]

Tartu / Dorpat 1704[edit]

St. Petersburg 1704/5[edit]

Gemauterhof 1705[edit]

Rakowitz 1705[edit]

Kletsk 1706[edit]

Fraustadt 1706[edit]

Battle formation at Fraustadt 1706

Kalisz 1706[edit]

Battle of Kalisz
Battle of Kalisz

Holowczyn 1708[edit]

Charles XII in the Battle of Holowczyn
Swedish plan of the battle of Holowczyn

Lesnaya 1708[edit]

Battle of Lesnaya by Jean-Marc Nattier, 1717

Veprik 1709[edit]

Poltava / Полтава 1709[edit]

English: The battle of Poltava in 1709.

Русский: Полтавская битва в 1709.

Svenska: Slaget vid Poltava 1709.

Poltava battle, fragment of mosaic, by Mikhail Lomonosov, 1717
Battle of Poltava, by Denis Martens the Younger, 1726
Peter on horse in the Battle of Poltava
Battle of Poltava. M. Lomonosov's mosaic (fragment). Academy of Sciences. S.-Petersburg. 1762–1764
Kupferstich

Perevolochna 1709[edit]

Surrender at Perevolochna 1709

Pernau 1710[edit]

Helsingborg 1710[edit]

Battle of Helsingborg 1710

Vyborg 1710[edit]

The final days of the siege, by Alexei Rostovtsev

Køge Bay 1710[edit]

Stralsund 1711[edit]

Rügen 1712[edit]

Gadebusch 1712[edit]

Battle of Gadebusch

Stettin 1713[edit]

Hogland 1713[edit]

Sjöhistoriska museet

Pälkäne 1713[edit]

Battle of Pälkäne 1713

Bender 1713[edit]

Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (1826 - 1895), 1877

Storkyro 1714[edit]

Gangut / Гангут / Rilax 1714[edit]

English: The battle of Gangut in 1714.

Русский: Гангутское сражение в 1714.

Svenska: Slaget vid Rilax 1714.

Battle of Gangut
Battle of Gangut
Capture ships at battle of Gangut in Saint Petersburg

Stade 1714[edit]

Fehmarn 1715[edit]

Stralsund 1715[edit]

Greifswalder Bodden 1715[edit]

Stresow 1715[edit]

Dynekilen 1716[edit]

Reenactment of the Battle of Dynekilen
Tordenskjold museum

Göteborg 1717[edit]

Frederiksten 1718[edit]

Osel 1719[edit]

Battle of Osel

Marstrand 1719[edit]

by Jacob Fosie (1679-1763)

Göteborg 1719[edit]

Södra Stäket 1719[edit]

Grengam / Гренгам 1720[edit]

English: The battle of Grengam in 1720.

Русский: Cражение при Гренгаме в 1720.

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Great Northern War