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Poltava, Battle of

Years: 1709 - 1709

The Battle of Poltava on June 27, 1709 (8 July, N.S.)

is the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over the Swedish forces under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld in one of the battles of the Great Northern War.

It is widely believed to have been the beginning of Sweden's decline as a Great Power; the Russians (Russian Empire from 1721) take their place as the leading nation of northern Europe.

“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”

—Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral ... (2004)