Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Alexander Menshikov

Battles of Alexander Menshikov

Russian statesman and general, 1673 to 1729

Alexander Menshikov is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1703 and 1714: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Belarus (3), Germany (2), Russia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,485 km apart end to end, 641 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (7).

Battle of SysterbäckBattle of GrodnoSieges of StralsundBattle of KaliszBattle of HolowczynBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaSiege of TönningBattle of KaliszBattle of HolowczynBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaSiege of TönningBerlinKyivViennaStockholmSt. PetersburgFrankfurtHamburgWarsawPragueHelsinki500 km54.876N, 21.751E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1703: 1 engagements1706: 2 engagements2 in 17061708: 2 engagements2 in 17081709: 1 engagements1711: 1 engagements1714: 1 engagements17031714
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Systerbäck, 1703Battle of Grodno, 1706Battle of Kalisz, 1706Battle of Holowczyn, 1708Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Battle of Poltava, 1709Sieges of Stralsund, 1711Siege of Tönning, 171417031714
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 July 1703Battle of SysterbäckSestra, RussiaRussian victory
1706Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus809 km SWSwedish victory
29 October 1706Battle of KaliszKalisz, Poland441 km SWAnti-Swedish coalition victory
14 July 1708Battle of HolowczynHaloŭčyn, Belarus769 km NESwedish victory
28 September 1708Battle of LesnayaLiasnaja, Belarus143 km SERussian victory; See Result
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine502 km SERussian coalition victory
7 September 1711Sieges of StralsundStralsund, Germany1,552 km NWAnti-Swedish coalition victory
February 1714Siege of TönningTönning, Germany268 km W1700: siege lifted, Peace of Travendal; 1713–1714: Allied...

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, Unidentified painter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.