Russian attack on Poltava, Ukraine, that left 47 dead and more than 200 wounded, was described as “ironic” by one historian as the city that once saved Russia from annihilation and became the tomb of a European empire was hit. At the beginning of the 18th century, during the Great Northern War, the Ukrainian region became a battleground between the Russian and Swedish empires, the latter being the superpower of the time, to the extent that they competed diplomatically with major powers, such as France or Austria . Then the young Swedish king Charles XII, having recently conquered Polish lands and the Baltic states, intended to subjugate Peter the Great’s Russia, creating a powerful state at a time when borders were being rewritten. At the same time, he controlled the most advanced army of the time, which despite its small numbers became a role model. So the Russian tsar, trying to buy time to collect and educate […]
Source: News Beast
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