Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 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 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1702 and 1722: 4 battles, 4 sieges and 1 naval action across 6 present-day countries, most in Russia (2), Belarus (2), Finland (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 6,580 km apart end to end, 822 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (8).

Battle of GrodnoSiege of VyborgBattle of HelsinkiCapture of RashtSiege of NöteborgSiege of NarvaBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaBattle of GangutSiege of NöteborgSiege of NarvaBattle of LesnayaBattle of PoltavaBattle of GangutTehranBerlinAthensKyivViennaGeneva1000 km48.993N, 36.335E
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1702: 1 engagements1704: 1 engagements1708: 2 engagements2 in 17081709: 1 engagements1710: 1 engagements1713: 1 engagements1714: 1 engagements1722: 1 engagements17021722
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Nöteborg, 1702Siege of Narva, 1704Battle of Grodno, 1708Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Battle of Poltava, 1709Siege of Vyborg, 1710Battle of Helsinki, 1713Battle of Gangut, 1714Capture of Rasht, 172217021722
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
11 October 1702Siege of NöteborgShlisselburg, RussiaRussian victory
27 June 1704Siege of NarvaNarva, Estonia171 km WRussian victory
1708Battle of GrodnoHrodna, Belarus689 km SWSwedish victory
28 September 1708Battle of LesnayaLiasnaja, Belarus468 km ERussian victory; See Result
27 June 1709Battle of PoltavaPoltava, Ukraine502 km SERussian coalition victory
1 March 1710Siege of VyborgVyborg, Russia1,285 km NRussian victory
1713Battle of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland217 km WRussian victory
26 July 1714Battle of GangutHanko Peninsula, Finland106 km WRussian victory
1722Capture of RashtIran3,141 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.