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This is an article about the 18th century war. For wars with similar names see Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570), Northern Wars (1655–1661) and the Flagstaff War (1845–1846) in New Zealand{{Infobox Military Conflict]s and Polish–Swedish wars and Dano-Swedish war|image=|caption=Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726–[1721|casus=[Russian Empire and Swedish Empire vying for hegemony over Eastern Europe.|territory=Russia gained many of the Swedish dominions, including Livonia. Prussia gained part of the Swedish Pomerania. Hanover gained Bremen-Verden.]
(1710–1714)
Ukrainians Cossacks]
Denmark–Norway
Saxony
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1701)
Kingdom of Prussia (from 1718)
Hanover (state) (from 1718)]
Ahmed III
Ivan Mazepa
[Frederick IV of Denmark
Augustus II the Strong|strength1=77,000 in the beginning of the war. 110 000 in 1707
Ottoman Empire added some 100,000-200,000(participated in 1 battle)
Unknown numbers of Cossacks|strength2=In beginning:
240,000 Russians, +40,000 Danes, some +100,000 Poles and Saxons
many more by the end of the war|casualties1=About 25 000 Swedes KIA/WIA and 175 000 from other causes (Dead out of disease, missing, captured)Ericson, Lars: "Svenska knektar", page 92. Historiska Media, 2004. ISBN 91-89442-52-0 unknown numbers of Ottomans and unknown numbers of cossacks|casualties2= At least 75, 000 Russian soldiers KIA/WIA on the Swedish front unknown number of total casualties, probably very high.|notes=-->

The Great Northern War (1700-1721) ended the Swedish Empire, leaving Russia dominant in the Baltic Sea and a major player in European politics. The war began as a coordinated attack on Sweden by the coalition in 1700 and ended in 1721 with the Treaty of Nystad and the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). It was fought between a coalition of Russian Empire, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony (also the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1701 and Prussia and Hanover (state) from 1715) on one side and Swedish Empire, which was helped by the Ottoman Empire on the other.

Background Between 1560 and 1658, Sweden proper created a Baltic region empire centered on the Gulf of Finland and comprising the provinces of Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, and Livonia. During the Thirty Years' War Sweden gained tracts in Germany as well, including Western Pomerania, Wismar, the Duchy of Bremen, and Verden, Germany. At the same period Sweden conquered Danish and Norwegian Skåne north of Oresund (1645; 1658). These victories may be ascribed to a well trained army, which, despite its comparatively small size, was far more professional than most continental armies. In particular, it was able to maintain a high rate of small arms fire due to proficient drill (military). However, the Swedish state was unable to support and maintain its army as the war was prolonged and the costs of warfare could not be passed to occupied countries.

The foreign interventions during the Time of Troubles resulted in Sweden's gains in the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617). The treaty deprived Russia of direct access to the Baltic Sea, meaning that the Russians were not in a position to challenge the Swedish regional hegemony. Russian fortunes reversed during the later half of the 17th century, notably with the rise to power of Peter I of Russia, who looked to address the earlier losses and re-establish a Baltic presence. In the late 1690s, the adventurer Johann Patkul managed to ally Russia with Denmark and Saxony by the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye and in 1700 the three powers attacked.

Opposing armies Charles XI had left a standing army based on annual training, consisting of 77,000 men in 1700, but by 1707 this number had risen to at least 120,000 in spite of casualties. It was the army with the best morale in northern Europe, but not the greatest bulk. The large Ottoman forces were poorly disciplined and lacking in morale.

Though able to mobilize 170,000 men, Russia was not able to put all in action at the same place and did not even have one musket per man. Furthermore, the Russian mobilization system was ineffective, and the expansive nation had to be defended everywhere—garrisons had to be supported and the war paid for. A great mobilization over vast territories would have been unrealistic. Peter the Great aimed to have an army with the same morale as the Swedish.

The Danes added 20,000 in their invasion against Holstein-Gottorp and several more against other fronts. Poland and Saxony together could mobilize at least 100,000 men.

Swedish victories , 1700 by Gustaf Cederström, painted 1910

From the very beginning of the Great Northern War, Sweden suffered from the inability of Charles XII of Sweden to view the situation from anything but a purely personal point of view. His determination to avenge himself on enemies overpowered every other consideration. Time and again during the eighteen years of warfare it was in his power to dictate an advantageous peace, but he neglected to do so. The early part of the war consisted of a continual string of Swedish victories under Charles XII. Denmark was defeated in the summer of 1700, in what was to be the first major campaign of the war, and in such a way that she could not participate in the war for a number of years. Russia then suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Narva in November.

After the dissipation of the first coalition through the peace of Travendal and the victory at Narva, the Swedish chancellor, Benedict Oxenstjerna, rightly regarded the universal bidding for the favor of Sweden by France and the maritime powers, then on the eve of the War of the Spanish Succession, as a golden opportunity of ending the war and making Charles the arbiter of Europe.

At that time, the representatives of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (which considered itself neutral despite its king's active participation in the anti-Swedish coalition) offered to serve as mediators between the Swedish king and Augustus. But Charles, intent on dethroning August II of Poland from the Polish throne, held attacked Poland, therefore ending the official neutrality of Poland-Lithuania. Five years later, on September 24, 1706, he concluded the Polish War through the treaty of Altranstadt, but, this treaty brought no advantage to Sweden, not even compensation for the expenses of six years of warfare.

Russian victories During the years between 1700 and 1707, two of Sweden's Baltic provinces, Estonia and Ingria, had been seized by the Tsar, and a third, Livonia, had been essentially ruined. To secure his acquisitions, Peter founded the city of Saint Petersburg in Ingria in 1703. He began to build a navy and a modern-style army, based primarily on infantry drilled in the use of firearms., 1714 by Maurice Baquoi, etched 1724

Yet even now Charles, by a stroke of the pen, could have recovered nearly everything he had lost. In 1707, Peter was ready to retrocede everything except St. Petersburg and the line of the Neva, and again Charles preferred risking the whole to saving the greater part of his Baltic possessions. The year following, he invaded Russia, but was frustrated in Smolensk by Generalissimo Menshikov and headed to Ukraine for the winter. However, the abilities of his force were sapped by the cold weather and Peter's use of scorched earth tactics. When the campaign started again in the spring of 1709, a third of his force had been lost and he was crushingly defeated by a larger and better-fed Russian force under Peter in the Battle of Poltava, fleeing to the Ottoman Empire and spending five years in exile. Peter's victory shook all European courts. In just one day, Russia emerged as a major European power.

This shattering defeat did not end the war, although it decided it. Denmark and Saxony joined the war again and Augustus the Strong, through the crafty politics of Boris Kurakin, regained the Polish throne. Peter continued his campaigns in the Baltics, and eventually he built up a powerful navy. In 1710 the Russians captured Tallinn and Viipuri. In 1714, Peter's galley navy managed to capture a small detachment of the Swedish navy in the first Russian naval victory near Hanko (see Battle of Gangut for details).

The Russian army occupied Finland mostly in 1713-1714, Viipuri had been captured already in 1710. The last stand of the Finnish troops was in the battle of Storkyro in early 1714 in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia. The occupation period of Finland in 1714-1721 is known as the Greater Wrath (Finnish language: isoviha). During the bloody occupation period thousands of Finns were killed or deported to Russia.

The Fall of Stralsund Only the firmness of the Chancellor, Arvid Horn, held Sweden in the war until Charles finally returned from the Ottoman Empire, arriving in Swedish held Stralsund in November 1714 on the south shore of the Baltic. Charles was by now at war with all of Northern Europe, and Stralsund was doomed. Charles remained there until December, 1715, escaping only days before Stralsund fell.

By this point, Charles was considered mad by many, as he would not consider peace and the price Sweden had paid was already dear, with no hope in sight. All of Sweden’s Baltic and German possessions were lost.

Conclusion Though Charles returned from the Ottoman Empire and resumed personal control of the war effort, initiating a series of Great Northern War and Norway, he accomplished little before his death in 1718. Over the next few years little changed, but a series of raids on Sweden itself demonstrated that there was little fight left, and soon Prussia, Hanover, and many smaller German states entered the war in the hope of gaining territory when peace was made. Eventually a series of massive seaborne invasions by combined Danish and Russian navies of the Swedish homeland forced the issue.

The war was finally concluded by the Treaty of Nystad between Russia and Sweden in Uusikaupunki in 1721. Sweden had lost almost all of its "overseas" holdings gained in the 17th century, and ceased to be a major power. Russia gained its Baltic territories, and became the greatest power in Eastern Europe. Prussia and Hanover, which made peace agreements with Sweden before Russia, gained territory from Sweden's German possessions. Sweden's dissatisfaction with the result would lead to its fruitless attempts at recovering the lost territories, such as Hats' Russian War, and Gustav III's Russian War.

References

See also Extensive information on the major battles and campaigns of the Great Northern War can be found as part of these articles:





External links This is an article about the 18th century war. For wars with similar names see Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570), Northern Wars (1655–1661) and the Flagstaff War (1845–1846) in New Zealand{{Infobox Military Conflict]s and Polish–Swedish wars and Dano-Swedish war|image=|caption=Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726–[1721|casus=[Russian Empire and Swedish Empire vying for hegemony over Eastern Europe.|territory=Russia gained many of the Swedish dominions, including Livonia. Prussia gained part of the Swedish Pomerania. Hanover gained Bremen-Verden.]
(1710–1714)
Ukrainians Cossacks]
Denmark–Norway
Saxony
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (from 1701)
Kingdom of Prussia (from 1718)
Hanover (state) (from 1718)]
Ahmed III
Ivan Mazepa
[Frederick IV of Denmark
Augustus II the Strong|strength1=77,000 in the beginning of the war. 110 000 in 1707
Ottoman Empire added some 100,000-200,000(participated in 1 battle)
Unknown numbers of Cossacks|strength2=In beginning:
240,000 Russians, +40,000 Danes, some +100,000 Poles and Saxons
many more by the end of the war|casualties1=About 25 000 Swedes KIA/WIA and 175 000 from other causes (Dead out of disease, missing, captured)Ericson, Lars: "Svenska knektar", page 92. Historiska Media, 2004. ISBN 91-89442-52-0 unknown numbers of Ottomans and unknown numbers of cossacks|casualties2= At least 75, 000 Russian soldiers KIA/WIA on the Swedish front unknown number of total casualties, probably very high.|notes=-->

The Great Northern War (1700-1721) ended the Swedish Empire, leaving Russia dominant in the Baltic Sea and a major player in European politics. The war began as a coordinated attack on Sweden by the coalition in 1700 and ended in 1721 with the Treaty of Nystad and the Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War). It was fought between a coalition of Russian Empire, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony (also the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1701 and Prussia and Hanover (state) from 1715) on one side and Swedish Empire, which was helped by the Ottoman Empire on the other.

Background Between 1560 and 1658, Sweden proper created a Baltic region empire centered on the Gulf of Finland and comprising the provinces of Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, and Livonia. During the Thirty Years' War Sweden gained tracts in Germany as well, including Western Pomerania, Wismar, the Duchy of Bremen, and Verden, Germany. At the same period Sweden conquered Danish and Norwegian Skåne north of Oresund (1645; 1658). These victories may be ascribed to a well trained army, which, despite its comparatively small size, was far more professional than most continental armies. In particular, it was able to maintain a high rate of small arms fire due to proficient drill (military). However, the Swedish state was unable to support and maintain its army as the war was prolonged and the costs of warfare could not be passed to occupied countries.

The foreign interventions during the Time of Troubles resulted in Sweden's gains in the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617). The treaty deprived Russia of direct access to the Baltic Sea, meaning that the Russians were not in a position to challenge the Swedish regional hegemony. Russian fortunes reversed during the later half of the 17th century, notably with the rise to power of Peter I of Russia, who looked to address the earlier losses and re-establish a Baltic presence. In the late 1690s, the adventurer Johann Patkul managed to ally Russia with Denmark and Saxony by the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye and in 1700 the three powers attacked.

Opposing armies Charles XI had left a standing army based on annual training, consisting of 77,000 men in 1700, but by 1707 this number had risen to at least 120,000 in spite of casualties. It was the army with the best morale in northern Europe, but not the greatest bulk. The large Ottoman forces were poorly disciplined and lacking in morale.

Though able to mobilize 170,000 men, Russia was not able to put all in action at the same place and did not even have one musket per man. Furthermore, the Russian mobilization system was ineffective, and the expansive nation had to be defended everywhere—garrisons had to be supported and the war paid for. A great mobilization over vast territories would have been unrealistic. Peter the Great aimed to have an army with the same morale as the Swedish.

The Danes added 20,000 in their invasion against Holstein-Gottorp and several more against other fronts. Poland and Saxony together could mobilize at least 100,000 men.

Swedish victories , 1700 by Gustaf Cederström, painted 1910

From the very beginning of the Great Northern War, Sweden suffered from the inability of Charles XII of Sweden to view the situation from anything but a purely personal point of view. His determination to avenge himself on enemies overpowered every other consideration. Time and again during the eighteen years of warfare it was in his power to dictate an advantageous peace, but he neglected to do so. The early part of the war consisted of a continual string of Swedish victories under Charles XII. Denmark was defeated in the summer of 1700, in what was to be the first major campaign of the war, and in such a way that she could not participate in the war for a number of years. Russia then suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Narva in November.

After the dissipation of the first coalition through the peace of Travendal and the victory at Narva, the Swedish chancellor, Benedict Oxenstjerna, rightly regarded the universal bidding for the favor of Sweden by France and the maritime powers, then on the eve of the War of the Spanish Succession, as a golden opportunity of ending the war and making Charles the arbiter of Europe.

At that time, the representatives of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (which considered itself neutral despite its king's active participation in the anti-Swedish coalition) offered to serve as mediators between the Swedish king and Augustus. But Charles, intent on dethroning August II of Poland from the Polish throne, held attacked Poland, therefore ending the official neutrality of Poland-Lithuania. Five years later, on September 24, 1706, he concluded the Polish War through the treaty of Altranstadt, but, this treaty brought no advantage to Sweden, not even compensation for the expenses of six years of warfare.

Russian victories During the years between 1700 and 1707, two of Sweden's Baltic provinces, Estonia and Ingria, had been seized by the Tsar, and a third, Livonia, had been essentially ruined. To secure his acquisitions, Peter founded the city of Saint Petersburg in Ingria in 1703. He began to build a navy and a modern-style army, based primarily on infantry drilled in the use of firearms., 1714 by Maurice Baquoi, etched 1724

Yet even now Charles, by a stroke of the pen, could have recovered nearly everything he had lost. In 1707, Peter was ready to retrocede everything except St. Petersburg and the line of the Neva, and again Charles preferred risking the whole to saving the greater part of his Baltic possessions. The year following, he invaded Russia, but was frustrated in Smolensk by Generalissimo Menshikov and headed to Ukraine for the winter. However, the abilities of his force were sapped by the cold weather and Peter's use of scorched earth tactics. When the campaign started again in the spring of 1709, a third of his force had been lost and he was crushingly defeated by a larger and better-fed Russian force under Peter in the Battle of Poltava, fleeing to the Ottoman Empire and spending five years in exile. Peter's victory shook all European courts. In just one day, Russia emerged as a major European power.

This shattering defeat did not end the war, although it decided it. Denmark and Saxony joined the war again and Augustus the Strong, through the crafty politics of Boris Kurakin, regained the Polish throne. Peter continued his campaigns in the Baltics, and eventually he built up a powerful navy. In 1710 the Russians captured Tallinn and Viipuri. In 1714, Peter's galley navy managed to capture a small detachment of the Swedish navy in the first Russian naval victory near Hanko (see Battle of Gangut for details).

The Russian army occupied Finland mostly in 1713-1714, Viipuri had been captured already in 1710. The last stand of the Finnish troops was in the battle of Storkyro in early 1714 in Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia. The occupation period of Finland in 1714-1721 is known as the Greater Wrath (Finnish language: isoviha). During the bloody occupation period thousands of Finns were killed or deported to Russia.

The Fall of Stralsund Only the firmness of the Chancellor, Arvid Horn, held Sweden in the war until Charles finally returned from the Ottoman Empire, arriving in Swedish held Stralsund in November 1714 on the south shore of the Baltic. Charles was by now at war with all of Northern Europe, and Stralsund was doomed. Charles remained there until December, 1715, escaping only days before Stralsund fell.

By this point, Charles was considered mad by many, as he would not consider peace and the price Sweden had paid was already dear, with no hope in sight. All of Sweden’s Baltic and German possessions were lost.

Conclusion Though Charles returned from the Ottoman Empire and resumed personal control of the war effort, initiating a series of Great Northern War and Norway, he accomplished little before his death in 1718. Over the next few years little changed, but a series of raids on Sweden itself demonstrated that there was little fight left, and soon Prussia, Hanover, and many smaller German states entered the war in the hope of gaining territory when peace was made. Eventually a series of massive seaborne invasions by combined Danish and Russian navies of the Swedish homeland forced the issue.

The war was finally concluded by the Treaty of Nystad between Russia and Sweden in Uusikaupunki in 1721. Sweden had lost almost all of its "overseas" holdings gained in the 17th century, and ceased to be a major power. Russia gained its Baltic territories, and became the greatest power in Eastern Europe. Prussia and Hanover, which made peace agreements with Sweden before Russia, gained territory from Sweden's German possessions. Sweden's dissatisfaction with the result would lead to its fruitless attempts at recovering the lost territories, such as Hats' Russian War, and Gustav III's Russian War.

References

See also Extensive information on the major battles and campaigns of the Great Northern War can be found as part of these articles:





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