The 1906 caption reads: “PULTOWA—A PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH.—This spirited picture shows the warriors of the time of Peter the Great. His long and remarkable struggle against the Swedes and their mighty leader Charles XII ended at Pultowa, in southern Russia, where the Swedes—then esteemed the best soldiers of Europe—were completely overthrown. We have here a preliminary skirmish, showing the differing methods of warfare of the Cossack and Swedish horsemen.” The Battle of Poltava (July 8 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar P
The 1906 caption reads: “PULTOWA—A PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH.—This spirited picture shows the warriors of the time of Peter the Great. His long and remarkable struggle against the Swedes and their mighty leader Charles XII ended at Pultowa, in southern Russia, where the Swedes—then esteemed the best soldiers of Europe—were completely overthrown. We have here a preliminary skirmish, showing the differing methods of warfare of the Cossack and Swedish horsemen.” The Battle of Poltava (July 8 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated a Swedish army, under the command of Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle put an end to the status of the Swedish Empire as a European great power, as well as its eastbound expansion, and marked the beginning of Russian hegemony in Northern Europe.
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