The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (TRIH ep 564, part 1)
1700 · Resource
This episode continues The Rest Is History's series on Peter the Great and the Great Northern War. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook contrast the personalities of Peter I of Russia and his great rival Charles XII of Sweden, explaining how the Baltic balance prompted conflict over Ingria and Karelia.
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