
The Battle of Poltava was fought during the Great Northern War between Peter the Great's Russia and Charles XII's Sweden. Russia's victory shattered Swedish offensive power and marked the rise of Russia as a major European empire.
Poltava was one of the defining power-shift battles of the 18th century. It ended Sweden's era as the dominant state in the Baltic and helped establish Russia as a central force in European affairs.
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