Courland operation 1705-1706 and the battles of Gemauerthof

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The book is dedicated to the little-known pages of the Great Northern War of 1700-1721. in the Baltic States, associated with the struggle of Russia, Sweden and the Commonwealth for control over the Duchy of Courland. The key episode of these events was the Courland operation of the Russian army in 1705-1706. Initially, its goal was to destroy the Swedish army of General A. Lewenhaupt and ensure the safety of the right flank of the Russian army, which in the summer of 1705 passed through Lithuania to the Polish border. But the battle at Mur-muse or Gemauerthof on July 26, 1705 ended unsuccessfully for the troops of B.P. Sheremetev, and already in August, Russian troops under the command of Tsar Peter I himself again invaded the territory of Courland. The so-called "Second Courland Campaign" ended with the complete subjugation of the duchy and the establishment of Russian administration in it. Unfortunately, Russian control over Courland did not last long, and already in April 1706, Russian troops left the duchy in order to return there again in the autumn of 1709 after ...

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Publication language: Russian

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