Battle of Poltava, 1709 - Charles XII of Sweden attempts to break Peter the Great's Russian Empire
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Published 2024-01-30
🚩 After a string of victories, Charles XII of Sweden decided to take the war to Russia. If successful in reducing Peter the Great's army, the Swedes would likely take Russian cities of Pskov, Novgorod, and possibly Arkhangelsk. Charles XII would also likely gain control over Courland and Polish Livonia, as well as becoming protector of Poland. In return Poland would receive territories lost to the Russian in the latter half of the 17th century.
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📚 Sources:
Konstam, Angus Poltava 1709: Russia Comes of Age 17 Oct,1994 Osprey Publishing
Englund, Peter The Battle that Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire 15 Apr, 2013 I.B Tauris
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All Comments (21)
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🚩 After a string of victories, Charles XII of Sweden decided to take the war to Russia. If successful in reducing Peter the Great's army, the Swedes would likely take Russian cities of Pskov, Novgorod, and possibly Arkhangelsk. Charles XII would also likely gain control over Courland and Polish Livonia, as well as becoming protector of Poland. In return Poland would receive territories lost to the Russian in the latter half of the 17th century. -
Charles XII reminds me of Phyrrus of Epirus. An exceptional General who never knew how to exploit his victories into political gains. His incessant war-monging led to his demise.
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Moral of the story. Never fight with anyone named "the great".
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I'm descendent of a surviving Swedish infantryman at Poltava. He lost several brothers there on the field. He was taken to St. Petersburg to work hard labor building the Peter and Paul fortress. Fortunately for me when he was finally released he was young enough to return home and have a family.
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6:26 Charles XII's invasion of Saxony was so sneaky we didn't even get to see it.
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18:39 шведы не знали о существовании 4 редутов (вертикали "Т") решение об их строительстве было принято накануне битвы поэтому наличие этих редутов стало неприятным сюрпризом для Карла, но с другой стороны эти редуты не успели построить полностью... Поэтому первые 2 редута взяли достаточно легко, а вот третий редут находился в радиусе досягаемости огня артиллерии из редутов горизонтали " Т" и защитников поддерживал огонь пушек остальных редутов
Автор, историческая неточность: шведам удалось взять только 2 первых редута, остальные устояли... Шведы сумели их обойти по флангам и в промежутке между укреплениями, понеся значительные потери, но взять их не удалось -
As a swede it’s really nice to see these great wars and battles finally get covered as they are very important but not talked about that much.
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Well done HM. Charlie 12 has always fascinated me. This and Narva round out his story well. Although some of his Polish stuff would be nice too. May this comment be a sacrifice to the Algorithm. Cheers from Tennessee
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This makes me think of Sabaton's song "Poltava" about the battle and how ruinous it was for the Swedish Empire.
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I love History March videos, great quality and excellent narration.
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When Historymarche posts a new video, I click. My favorite part of the week!
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That day was Crazy dude... Charles XII was so determined
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This channel deserves well over one million subscribers. One of the best history channels on yt.
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Thank you. Love the content. Love the quotes included in all your videos. Great productions everythime.
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Another great video! love these Great Northern War videos!
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Hey HM! I hope you never lose drive when creating content for this channel! You are my FAVORITE Youtuber!
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Been Waiting History marche
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Another excellent video! This channel continues to feed my passion and interest for history. Looking forward to more!
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Huge fan of these videos and I enjoyed this one all the way to the end! Can’t wait to see more Charles the 12 vids!
