Battle of Storkyro
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| Battle of Storkyro | |||||||
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| Part of Great Northern War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Sweden | Russia | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Carl Gustaf Armfeldt | Mikhail Golitsyn | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,500 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 1,600 dead 900 wounded |
1,800-2,000 dead or wounded | ||||||
| Great Northern War |
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| Narva – Daugava – Kliszów – Gemauerthof – Fraustadt – Holowczyn – Lesnaya – Poltava – Helsingborg – Gadebusch – Storkyro – Gangut – Stralsund – Dynekilen – Ösel – Stäket – Grengam |
The battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 near the village Napue, Finland between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedes were horribly beaten by the numerically superior Russians. As a result, for the remainder of the war Finland was completely helpless against a Russian occupation, a period of hardship remembered in Finland as the Greater Wrath (Swedish:Stora ofreden).
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