Battle of Storkyro

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Battle of Storkyro
Part of Great Northern War
Date February 19, 1714 Location Napue, Finland Result Russian victory
Combatants
Sweden	Russia
Commanders
Carl Gustaf Armfeldt	Mikhail Golitsyn
Strength
4,500	9,000
Casualties
1,600 dead 900 wounded	1,800-2,000 dead or wounded

Great Northern War
Narva – Daugava – Kliszów – Gemauerthof – Fraustadt – Holowczyn – Lesnaya – Poltava – Helsingborg – Gadebusch – Storkyro – Gangut – Stralsund – Dynekilen – Ösel – Stäket – Grengam

The battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 near the village Napue, Finland between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedes were horribly beaten by the numerically superior Russians. As a result, for the remainder of the war Finland was completely helpless against a Russian occupation, a period of hardship remembered in Finland as the Greater Wrath (Swedish:Stora ofreden).