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The siege of Narva (russian: Осада Нарвы, sv, Belägringen av Narva), also known as the Second Battle of Narva, was the second Russian siege of
Names of the Russian Generals, who command at the siege of Narva, 1704, and specification of the regiments employed (in Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Narva (1704), Battle Of Narva (1704) Conflicts in 1704 1704 in Europe History of Narva Battles in Estonia Sieges involving Russia Narva (1704) Russia–Sweden military relations 18th century in Estonia
The siege of Narva (russian: Осада Нарвы, sv, Belägringen av Narva), also known as the Second Battle of Narva, was the second Russian siege of Swedish
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Narva during the Great Northern War from 27 June to 9 August 1704.
The siege came four years after the first battle of Narva, where the Russians were defeated by a much smaller Swedish force defending the city. Tsar Peter I marched to the area again with a reorganized army in an attempt to capture Narva and occupy Swedish Ingria
Swedish Ingria ( sv, Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad.
History
Ingria was ceded ...
, previously a Swedish logistical center and territory ceded by Russia in 1617.Tucker, S.C., 2010, A Global Chronology of Conflict, Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC, Marshal Boris Sheremetev's force of 20,000 captured Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
on 24 June and then Russian forces led by Georg Benedict von Ogilvy besieged Narva, with the garrison under the Commandant Major-General Henning Rudolf Horn af Ranzien and consisting of only 3,800 infantry and 1,300 cavalry. After a long siege followed by a three-fronted attack, the Russians captured Narva on 20 August 1704, massacring hundreds of its Swedish garrison and inhabitants before Peter I stopped them. General Horn, several officers and many Swedish soldiers were captured, after roughly 3,200 casualties in the siege and aftermath. The Russians lost up to 3,000 men in total, with some estimates being over 10,000.Военный энциклопедический лексикон. Часть 9-я. СПб, 1845, с. 376
In August, Peter I signed the Treaty of Narva
The Treaty of Narva was concluded on 19 August ( O.S.) / 30 August 1704 during the Great Northern War.Donnert & Mühlpfort (1997), p. 512 The faction of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth loyal to Augustus the Strong joined the anti-Swedish al ...
in the town, aligning the Sandomierz Confederation faction of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth with Russia against Sweden in the war.
On 11 September, the surviving citizens of Narva swore allegiance to Peter I in the courtyard of the town hall, and the city was incorporated into the Russian Tsardom.Петров А.В. Город Нарва, его прошлое и достопримечательности. СПб, 1901, с. 175
See also
*Lovisa von Burghausen
Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia after being taken prisoner by the Russians during the Great Northern War. She was sol ...
* Brigitta Scherzenfeldt
* Anna Ivanovna Kramer
Anna Ivanovna Kramer (1694-1770), was a Russian court official.
She was the daughter of a merchant in Narva, and was sent to Siberia as a prisoner of war after the Siege of Narva (1704) during the Great Northern War.
She was introduced to the Im ...
References
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Names of the Russian Generals, who command at the siege of Narva, 1704, and specification of the regiments employed (in Russian)
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