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1707 CE, August 15

Swedish King Charles XII begins his campaign to conquer Russia during the Great Northern War departing Saxony c. August 15, 1707. The invasion officially starts with the crossing of the Vistula River on January 1, 1708, with 44,000 men, aimed at Moscow, but ended in catastrophic failure at the Battle of Poltava on July 8, 1709.

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