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Sweden Defeated at the Battle of Poltava
At the Battle of Poltava, the most famous battle of the Great Northern War, Peter I of Russia defeated Charles XII of Sweden and effectively ended Sweden's role as a major European power. When the battle began, Peter had 45,000 men to Charles's 14,000. Making matters worse for Sweden, Charles was wounded during a siege before the actual battle and had to turn over command to Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld. What did the Russians do with their Swedish prisoners? More...