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After the surrender, most of the scattered troops returned to Sweden, 7,000 Fins surrendered to the Russians and were forced to accept their citizenship, as noted, the Russian cavalry acted almost flawlessly, and the case itself was one of the cleanest victories of the Russia.
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On August 11, the Swedes were cut off from a direct escape route, the fleet was considered weak enough, so it retreated without a fight and allowed the siege to be closed. The swedes planned to put up fierce resistance, but after the news of the fall of
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with a full recalculation of the surrendered army noted that in the case of such an estimate, 5,000 simply disappeared, so he estimated its strength at 17,000, which is consistent with other estimates from the Russian side.
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In February 1742, the Russians terminated the previous armistice and again launched an offensive into Finland, the Swedish army made maneuvers, moving away from the battle, first from
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Swedish sources estimate their forces at 12,000, however, this estimate is most likely underestimated. Russian historian
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Russian army numbers range from 17,500 to 30,000 according to Russian and Swedish estimates, respectively.
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The entire army was dispersed, but only 7,000 were captured, the rest returned to Sweden
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Description of the war between Russia and Sweden in Finland in 1741, 1742 and 1743.
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Index

Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)

Helsingfors
Kingdom of Finland
Republic of Finland
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Swedish Empire
Charles Lewenhaupt
Swedish Empire
Jean Louis Bousquet
sv
Russian Empire
Peter Lacy
Russian Empire
James Keith
‹See Tfd›
Russian
Swedish
Friedrichgam
Borgo
Alexei Shkvarov
Neishlot
Stockholm


Shkvarov 2012
Shkvarov 2012
Mattila 1983

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