battle, early modern

Battle of Desna

Name: Battle of Desna
Location: Russia

Battle of Desna was a battle fought in 1708 in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. The recorded result: Swedish victory. Recorded strength: 2,000; 12 cannons against 4,000; 8 cannons.

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Fought1708

WhereRussia50.550N, 30.538E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSwedish victory

BelligerentsSwedish Empireagainst22px Tsardom of Russia

Casualties and losses50 killed; 150 woundedand356–800 killed; 900–1,000 wounded

Record

Date	1708 (year precision)
Place	Russia 50.550N, 30.538E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	2,000; 12 cannons	4,000; 8 cannons
Casualties and losses	50 killed; 150 wounded	356–800 killed; 900–1,000 wounded
Commanders	Charles XII of Sweden Berndt Otto Stackelberg	Alexander Gordon (general)

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Vyshgorod 1173, 6.0 km NW
Battle of Kiev 1941, 11 km S
Siege of Kyiv 1240, 11 km S
Sack of Kyiv 1169, 11 km S
Siege of Kyiv AD 968, 11 km S

Elsewhere in 1708

Battle of Desna is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q15905209, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Desna, revision 1382484065, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.