Great Northren War
The Great Northren War (1700–1721) wis a war whaur a coaleetion led bi the Tsardom o Roushie kempit wi the supremacy o the Swadish Empire wi sonse, in Middlins, Northren, an Eastlin Europe. The initial heid anes o the anti-Swadish alliance war Peter the Great o Roushie, Frederick IV o Denmark–Norawa an Augustus II the Strang o Saxony-Poland. Frederick IV an Augustus II war forced oot o the alliance in 1700 an 1706 respectively, but rejyned it in 1709. George I o Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) jyned the coaleetion in 1714 for Hanover an in 1717 for Breetain, an Frederick William I o Brandenburg-Proushie jyned it in 1715.
| Great Northren War | |||||||||
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 Clockwise frae tap: Battle o Narva, Battle o Düna, Battle o Poltava, Battle o Gangut, Battle o Gadebusch | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kinrick o Ingland (1700) |
 Electorate o Saxony(1700–06, 1709–19)  Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel(1701–04, 1704–09, 1709–19)  Denmark–Norawa(1700, 1709–20)  Kinrick o Proushie (1715–21) Electorate o Hanover (1715–19) Great Breetain(1717–19)  Moldavia(1711) | ||||||||
| Commanders an leaders | |||||||||
 Ivan Mazepa † (1708–) George I |
Augustus II (personal union)
George I (personal union) | ||||||||
| Strenth | |||||||||
Initial force: : 24,000[4] : 130,000[5]: 4,000[6] | Initial force: : 50,000: 20,000[11] | ||||||||
| Casualties an losses | |||||||||
Aboot 200,000 Swadish:25,000 killt in combat, 175,000 killt bi faimin, disease an exhaustion.[12] | Unkent. Leastweys 75,000 Roushies killt in combat. 14,000–20,000 Poles, Saxons an 8,000 Danes killt in the lairger battles. 60,000 Danes in tot atween 1709–1719.[13] | ||||||||
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