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

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

Peter Englund

288 pages 1988

15 editions

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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...

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