 After the defeats at Poltava and Perevolochna there were about 20,000 to 25,000 Swedes that capitulated Individual surrenders were uncommon, usually a large unit surrendered all its men.Most of them were put to work in Ukraine, Moscow and Saint Petersburg.Another large group was moved into Siberia and Ural, where they start to work in mining under command of Vasily Tatishchev.