Great Northern War: The ambitions of Peter the Great and the establishment of the Russian empire

[@gabrielwense3506]

125% of discipline is indeed a huge thing.

[@JoaoPedro-jy2ee]

EU4 lore, a beauty to see

[@tssentertainment3572]

You need 5 nations to defeat a 19 years old king and also his army was heavily outnumbered

[@kingseb2252]

Yep sweden was soo strong

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

Cope

[@YesArdaj-fm9km]

16 when fhe war began but yeah

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

It's sweden fault foe being too ambitious that's exactly what happened to France in 1812 and Germany in 1941

[@themsmloveswar3985]

The King was rash, and prone to over reaction.

[@nummer3357]

The main thing here was the exchange of the letter Ö and kåldolmar between Sweden and the Ottomans though.

[@Donk322]

Russia ended Swedish ambitions once and for the lifetime Also Azov was part of the Ottoman’s Empire and there wasn’t any Ukraine except Cossacks between Poland and Russia

[@johnofdebar4071]

Fun fact: When Charls XII was running away from the Russians in Ukraine, he found a refuge in the Ottoman Empire and there he discovered a local culinary delight known as Kofte. He introduced it in Sweden when he returned and that is now known as the meatballs everybody can buy at Ikea.

[@svensvensson1085]

Fun fact: That is a common myth. Meatballs existed in various forms in Europe way before the Ottoman Empire even existed.

[@disinterested0]

Most important impact of the Great Northern war should always get mentioned: Internal division of Sweden. No mention of the introduction of modern Europe to a genocide as a geopolitical tool by Peter I in Ostrobothia (Finland side of Bothnian gulf) 1914-1921. Something Moscovite tsar was very well versed with after being mentored by mongol Golden horde for 300 years. He ordered the western Finland to be depopulated, as he was not going to annex it and wanted to weaken it permanently. Peter I sent in nomadic henchmen, the cossacks, to systematically do it for six years. This ordeal, Great Wrath, psychologically separated Finland from Western part of Sweden, where population had not had such experience and could not understand the security concern posed by Moscow in similar fashion. This contrasting experience and widely differing responses to Russian power caused long term internal division of Sweden between those who believed the oonly way to respond is building up military power and those who believed Sweden should ally with emergent Russia as Baltic sea power. The terror Russia projected to Finland repeated in 1743-44 war and finally led to division of Sweden by Alexander I and Napoleon at Tilsit 1808. This led to war with Russia and Sweden, occupation of the eastern side of Bothnian gulf and election of Alexander as the new king, or Grand duke as he chose to be called, by the estates there at Porvoo, and coup d'etat and constitutional change in western side of Bothnian gulf forming a new modern Swedish kingdom with a french marchal Jean Baptise Bernadotte as the monarch.

[@SmokeDimi]

"Considered the first democratic constitution in Europe by some historians" - and if you wonder which historians, the answer is Ukrainian historians. The same ones who claimed Gauls are actually Ukrainians coming from Galicia.

[@GalacticR.E.M]

Exactly the delusion is so real 😂, they don't want to accept the fact there was no such thing as Ukraine until the 1920s and officially in the 1990s. Before that it was just random land populated by Slavs and Turkic kingdoms, Ukraine in itself means borderland/outskirts/outpost, Siberia was also called "O kraina" once. And the first Democratic Constitution in Europe is (probably and most likely) : The republic of Genoa The republic of Venice The republic of Novgorod The republic of Ragusa The republic of pskov The Netherlands post independence Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (but it was a "democratic constitution" after all of the above)

[@follts6091]

​@@GalacticR.E.Mопа, ще один історик

[@Ghostrex101]

How could Peter be so bold to build his new capital on Swedish soil while the army was still raging?

[@jacobs-corner]

Very informative video. I want to point out that there is a minor mistake in the video. At 12:07 you said that Charles XII made a second attempt at capturing Fredrikstad. While it may have been a goal of his, he did noy lay siege to that city in 1718. He did however lay siege to Fredriksten Fortress, located in Fredrikshald. This is where he was killed. I know this because I live in that very city, which is now called Halden. I understand how this may be a bit confusing, since there are a lot of "Fredrik" to keep count of. However, this is extremely important to my hometown and the patriotism of its inhabitants. I frequently visit the fortress and the pillar put up in the location where historians believe Charles XII fell. As a fun fact, the sieges of Fredrikshald in 1716 and 1718 earned the city its place in the Norwegian Anthem: "Husker bare hva som hendte ned på Fredrikshald". It translates to "Remembering what happened down at Fredrikshald".

[@mcgiver6977]

At the start of the 18th century, war on the east in Europe, war on the west in Europe for War of spain succession...

[@nomooon]

1:33 I thought Russia took Azov with Russo Turkish War of 1686 to 1700. Probably Azov isn't good enough.

[@essahussain9794]

Yes russia won azov but returned it during the northern war

[@jiritichy7967]

Typically, Christian powers were figting among themselves instead of against the Muslim Ottoman empire.

[@AegeanGreywolf]

Religion is just a polticial tool nothing more

[@strandedphilosopher]

Usually those not close to the Ottoman Empire didn't care since the muslims weren't outside their doors.

[@gabrielwense3506]

Swedish was protestant, poland catholic and Russia ortodox.

[@GalacticR.E.M]

Because most of the time is wasn't religious wars, but political and imperial ambitions. RELIGIOUS wars would be crusades and those were out of fashion since the 1400s (the Spanish Inquisition count). Also Christian countries did form alliances against the ottoman Empire like the holy league in the 1600s which included Russia poland-lithuania holy Roman Empire Hungary

[@jiritichy7967]

@@GalacticR.E.M Religious wars are just a cover for imperial ambitions or defense against foreign intruders. One such case is German penetration into Slavic lands under the pretense of spreading Christianity.

[@krzysztofmichniewicz6247]

About 06:20 you should mention 3rd biggest battle of war (battle of Kalisz of 1706) won by joined polish-saxon forces supported by russian contingent against swedish-polish(confederate forces) wich effectively cleaned up greater and lesser Poland from Swedish troops. Also in 07:00 you should mention capture of Smolensk of 1708, another huge battle wich gave Charles XII tactical base for supplies and opened road both to Moscow and to the south on Ukraine. And as a Pole I appreciate name Szczecin in 10:40, but being historically honest Piast dynasty govern duchy of Pomerania was long gone and it was renamed Stettin (of course fonetic Szczecin describe but still) by Brandenbourgs and Sweedes. Instead you could name Toruń properly, because without doubt it was city name at that time. But despite this not so huge mistakes - great clip, as usual.

[@GWHLTH11]

Stanislaw is pronounced stanislav.

[@bradalguire4039]

I thought it was Stanisłaŵa

[@magistermilitum1206]

Isn't it stanislau

[@magistermilitum1206]

Or aw is as auv. Stanislauv. Like ae, but au

[@kayagurcu2814]

Imagine charles had manpower as russia or ottomans had. Either, sweden and ottoman emp. had an alliance and they both attacked russia at the same time.

[@semyonmorozov849]

There was no word marine word even at this time…!!!

[@Ken_Brz]

You know, I don’t care if some facts are overlooked, a bit wrong in any of your videos etc. better to know some right part of history than none at all.

[@KolyaUrtz]

so biased its insane.

[@GalacticR.E.M]

Yeah I hate when history becomes political coded, it's giving propaganda

[@nomooon]

what are the most obvious biases, I am just learning this history so I can't tell...

[@frodolucanius]

@@nomooon Maybe he meant the hint about the russian imperialism

[@disinterested0]

No mention of the introduction of modern Europe to a genocide as a geopolitical tool by Peter I in Ostrobothia Finland 1914-1921. Something Moscovite tsar was very well versed with after being mentored by mongol Golden horde for 300 years. He ordered the western Finland to be depopulated, as he was not going to annex it and wanted to weaken it permanently. Peter I sent in nomading henchmen, the cossacks, to systematically do it for four years. This ordeal, Great Wrath, psychologically separated Finland from Western part of Sweden, where population had not had such experience and could not understand the security concern posed by Moscow in similar fashion.

[@Dagwaa-darts]

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[@OdysseusXT]

Russia was tsrdom not kingdom

[@anonymous7022]

Tsar translates to king or emperor in Russia

[@mladenmatosevic4591]

So Russia had 2:1 stronger troops to beat Sweden but then lost against Turks who had 2:1 advantage. That's why Sweden accepts large Muslim immigration now?

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Russia smashed the Turks in so many wars and battles 😂

[@GalacticR.E.M]

There were 12 MAJOR wars between Russia and the ottoman Empire since 1500s-1900s and Russia won 9 out of 12 lol

[@nomooon]

This is not even the same Sweden anymore. It is ruled by the descendants of the French marshal Bernadotte

[@Ghostrex101]

​@@JDDC-tq7qm And now they are good friends and allies.

[@DongDumb]

Ngl Peter the "great" is pretty trash