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

287 pages paperback 1988

15 editions

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'This victory', exulted Peter the Great, 'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg ' The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of the Tsar's vast Russian Empire. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the West, the...

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