Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Peter the Great

Battles of Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725, 1672 to 1725

Peter the Great is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1695 and 1722: 4 battles, 4 sieges, 1 naval action and 4 campaigns across 7 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Belarus (2), Ukraine (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 17,764 km apart end to end, 1,480 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (11).

Siege of NöteborgSiege of NarvaCampaign of GrodnoSwedish invasion of RussiaBattle of GrodnoSiege of VyborgBattle of HelsinkiCapture of RashtAzov campaignsBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaPruth River CampaignBattle of GangutAzov campaignsBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaPruth River CampaignBattle of GangutTehranBaghdadÜrümqiKabulAthensKyivViennaTashkentStockholm2000 km51.846N, 57.092E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1695: 1 engagements1702: 1 engagements1704: 1 engagements1705: 1 engagements1708: 3 engagements3 in 17081709: 1 engagements1710: 2 engagements1713: 1 engagements1714: 1 engagements1722: 1 engagements16951722
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Azov campaigns, 1695Siege of Nöteborg, 1702Siege of Narva, 1704Campaign of Grodno, 1705Swedish invasion of Russia, 1708Battle of Grodno, 1708Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Battle of Poltava, 1709Pruth River Campaign, 1710Siege of Vyborg, 1710Battle of Helsinki, 1713Battle of Gangut, 1714Capture of Rasht, 172216951722
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1695Azov campaignsPrincipality of Moldavia, RussiaRussian victory
11 October 1702Siege of NöteborgShlisselburg, Russia1,530 km NRussian victory
27 June 1704Siege of NarvaNarva, Estonia171 km WRussian victory
1705Campaign of GrodnoPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Poland1,163 km SWSwedish victory
1708Swedish invasion of RussiaRussia4,388 km NERussian victory
1708Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus3,908 km WSwedish victory
28 September 1708Battle of LesnayaLiasnaja, Belarus468 km ERussian victory; See Result
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine502 km SERussian coalition victory
1710Pruth River CampaignPrut, Ukraine748 km WOttoman victory; Treaty of Pruth; Treaty of Adrianople...
1 March 1710Siege of VyborgVyborg, Russia1,420 km NRussian victory
1713Battle of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland217 km WRussian victory
26 July 1714Battle of GangutHanko Peninsula, Finland106 km WRussian victory
1722Capture of RashtRasht, Iran3,141 km SERussian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Attributed to Jean-Marc Nattier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.