28 September 1708
Battle of Lesnaya
Peter the Great captures Swedish supplies prior to Charles XIIs defeat at Pultava
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Lesnaya in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Peter the Great captures Swedish supplies prior to Charles XIIs defeat at Pultava
Calls the victory at Lesnaya the mother of the Poltava victory.
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