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MILITARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA

 
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This map from Beskrovni's Atlas depicts the battle at Lesna in 1708 in which Peter caught the Swedish supply and reenforcement convoy and prevented most of it from reaching Charles XII at Poltava. It was a brilliant operation and decisively contributed to the Russian victory at Poltava.

 

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