Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye
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The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye (or the Treaty of Preobrazhenskoe) was negotiated by Johann Patkul and signed on November 22, 1699 in Preobrazhenskoye (now a part of Moscow), a favoured residence of the tsar Peter the Great. The treaty called for the partition of the Swedish Empire among Denmark, Russia, Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the treaty, the Great Northern War began.