battle, notable, early modern

Battle of Grodno

Name: Battle of Grodno
Location: Hrodna, Belarus

Battle of Grodno was a battle fought in 1706 at Hrodna, in what is now Belarus. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Hrodna. It was part of Q10543737. The recorded result: Swedish victory. Recorded strength: 34,000: 24,000 Swedish; 10,000 Polish against 41,000: 36,000 Russian; 5,000 Saxon.

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Fought1706

WhereHrodna, Belarus53.667N, 23.817E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSwedish victory

BelligerentsSwedish EmpireagainstTsardom of Russia

Part ofQ10543737

Where it sits in Q10543737

7 placed engagements of Q10543737 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1706 (year precision)
Place	Hrodna, Belarus 53.667N, 23.817E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	34,000: 24,000 Swedish; 10,000 Polish	41,000: 36,000 Russian; 5,000 Saxon
Casualties and losses	3,000: of which only 100 killed in actual combat, the majority perished due to frostbite and exhaustion	15,000–17,000: 8,000 during the blockade; 7,000–9,000 during the retreat, the majority due to starvation, sickness and exhaustion
Commanders	Charles XII of Sweden	Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy Augustus II the Strong Anikita Repnin Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Placed at Hrodna; 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

Battle of Grodno 1939, 1.1 km E
First Battle of Grodno 1920, 1.1 km E
Battle of the Niemen River 1920, 22 km SE
Battle of Kadyszem 1863, 28 km N
Battle of Skieblewem 1863, 29 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Valkininkai 23 February 1706
After: Battle of Kletsk 30 April 1706

Elsewhere in 1706

Battle of Grodno is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 103 in present-day Belarus.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1153384, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Grodno (1706), revision 1382484460, 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.