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Battle of Narva (1700)
The Battle of Narva was fought in 1700 at the start of the Great Northern War, when about 8,000 Swedish troops under Charles XII routed a much larger Russian army besieging Narva. It was one of the finest tactical victories of the Swedish Empire. For the Russian Empire the defeat prompted Peter I's military reforms, which created a standing professional army on the Western European model.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Battle of Narva (1700). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-narva-1700
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- The Epoch Institute. “Battle of Narva (1700).” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/battle-of-narva-1700.
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