Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Boris Sheremetev

Battles of Boris Sheremetev

Russian Diplomat, General-feldmarshal and noble (1652-1719)

Boris Sheremetev is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1700 and 1709: 9 battles and 1 siege across 5 present-day countries, most in Estonia (5), Russia (2), Latvia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,384 km apart end to end, 265 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (9).

Battle of VarjaBattle of RaugeBattle of ErastferSiege of NöteborgBattle of SysterbäckBattle of NarvaBattle of HummelshofBattle of GemauerthofBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaBattle of NarvaBattle of HummelshofBattle of GemauerthofBattle of HolowczynBattle of PoltavaKyivStockholmSt. PetersburgWarsawHelsinkiMinskRigaVilniusTallinnDnipro500 km54.876N, 29.039E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1700: 2 engagements1701: 1 engagements1702: 3 engagements3 in 17021703: 1 engagements1705: 1 engagements1708: 1 engagements1709: 1 engagements17001709
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Varja, 1700Battle of Narva, 1700Battle of Rauge, 1701Battle of Erastfer, 1702Battle of Hummelshof, 1702Siege of Nöteborg, 1702Battle of Systerbäck, 1703Battle of Gemauerthof, 1705Battle of Holowczyn, 1708Battle of Poltava, 170917001709
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 November 1700Battle of VarjaVarja, EstoniaSee aftermath
30 November 1700Battle of NarvaNarva, Estonia60 km ESwedish victory
4 September 1701Battle of RaugeRõuge, Estonia197 km SSwedish victory
9 January 1702Battle of ErastferErastvere, Estonia28 km NRussian victory
29 July 1702Battle of HummelshofHummuli, Estonia49 km SWRussian victory
11 October 1702Siege of NöteborgShlisselburg, Russia375 km NERussian victory
19 July 1703Battle of SysterbäckSestra, Russia62 km WRussian victory
26 July 1705Battle of GemauerthofDuchy of Courland and Semigallia, Latvia557 km SWSwedish victory
14 July 1708Battle of HolowczynHaloŭčyn, Belarus432 km SESwedish victory
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine626 km SERussian coalition 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, Ivan Argunov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.