Sweden's 1719 Burning of the Russian Coast: The Final Act of the Great Northern War

In the summer of 1719, as the Great Northern War wound down, Sweden launched a desperate naval campaign against Russia's Baltic coast. This episode follows the Swedish archipelago fleet's devastating raids along the Finnish and Russian shores, burning towns and shipyards in a bid to force Peter the Great to negotiate. We explore the tactics of the skärgårdsflottan, the galley warfare that defined the Baltic, and the impact of these scorched-earth attacks on the civilian population. Centered on the 1719 expedition against the Russian naval base at Nystad (Uusikaupunki) and the subsequent peace talks, this story reveals a lesser-known chapter of Swedish military history that shaped the final borders of the Baltic region. Featuring figures like Admiral Anton Wrangel and Russian commander Fyodor Apraksin, we discuss how Sweden's last offensive gamble ended in the Treaty of Nystad, ceding Livonia, Estonia, and Ingria to Russia and marking the end of the Swedish Empire.

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