The siege of Narva (russian: Осада Нарвы, sv, Belägringen av Narva), also known as the Second Battle of Narva, was the second

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

siege of

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Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 54 ...

during the

Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...

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, 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 Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev (russian: Граф Бори́с Петро́вич Шереме́тев, tr. ; – ) was an Imperial Russian diplomat and general field marshal during the Great Northern War. He became the first Russian count i ...

's force of 20,000 captured Tartu 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 a ...

in the town, aligning the Sandomierz Confederation faction of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi- confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ru ...

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

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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)
{{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

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