The Battle of Poltava is one of the greatest battles of the Russian people. More than fifty thousand people took part in it. The battle, which began in 1709, has become one of the most memorable. The Swedes and Russians took part in the battle.
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The Swedes had about 9,000 infantry, 1,000 horsemen, and 400 cavalry. They were armed with 28 cannons, while the Russians had 25,000 infantry and about 15,000 cavalry and patrolmen.
It all began on July 27, 1709 at 2:00, then the movement of Swedish soldiers towards the Russians began. In the first line the infantry lined up, in the second - the cavalry army. Already at 4:00 in the morning, the Swedes were able to seize two Russian redoubts, made attempts to seize the third, but they did not succeed, they soon retreat closer to the Yakovetsky copse. In the course of events, at 6:00, the Swedes approached the camp of the Russian people as close as possible, therefore, they overcame the entire row of redoubts, but they were frightened by the beginning of the shelling of the Russian army and were forced to go back, directly to Budyschansky forest. Menshikov, at this time, took up the reprisal against the Ross group, the Russian army pursued the Swedish on the way to retreat.
Tsar Peter 1 built an army in two straight lines along the front, leaving a reserve in the camp. The Swedes also do not waste time, but build their people along the front line. Closer to 9:00, the armies of both countries enter a bloody battle, hand-to-hand combat of the parties begins. The flanks of the Swedish army are separated from each other and constrain the Russian soldiers from both sides, their small cavalry goes into a quick attack. The Russian cavalry outflanked the enemy. The Swedes, frightened, are forced to leave the Budyschansky forest. They fail to collect all the parts of the army and they leave for the wagon train near Pushkarevka.
1709 Battle of Poltava
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Already on 2009-28-06, the Swedish army, in fear, leaves for the crossing of the Dnieper, which has not yet been prepared, but on July 1, the forces of the Russian army block them and there, defeating almost half of the already small army. Karl 12 and Ivan Mazepa swim across the Dnieper and flee to Turkey, ending the great Battle of Poltava, where Russian soldiers lost about 5,000 and Swedish soldiers lost about 30,000. The Russian army defeated the enemy in just 2 days.
The bicentennial of the victory of the Russian army in the Battle of Poltava was celebrated widely and idly. The main venue for the holiday is Poltava itself, where all the leading people of the country were supposed to gather. At this time, Poltava received over 60,000 people. The celebration began with the Procession of the Cross and ended with conversations between Nicholas 2 and ordinary peasants. From reliable sources we know that there is a statue of Peter 1 in St. Petersburg. He points with his hand towards Sweden, and in the country of our enemy there is a statue of Charles 12, who points towards Russia with his hand.