Anikita Repnin commanded the center of the winning side at this battle, and its right was commanded by Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, whose flanking maneuver decided this battle.
Anikita Repnin commanded the center of the winning side at this battle, and its right was commanded by Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, whose flanking maneuver decided this battle. One leader of the losing coalition was aggrieved at Menshikov's advancement, which violated the terms of the Treaty of Pereyaslav. This battle's result caused Denmark to reject the Peace of Travendal, and Augustus the Strong regained the throne of (*) Poland from Stanislaw Leszczynski. The losers' king had earlier been shot in the foot while inspecting his army's positions along the Vorskla River, leaving Carl Gustaf Rehnskiold to oversee his army's defeat. Leading to the victorious side's annexation of the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, for 10 points, name this battle whose aftermath saw Ivan Mazepa and Charles XII flee to the Ottoman Empire, the decisive victory for Peter the Great during the Great Northern War.
Anikita Repnin commanded the center of the winning side at this battle, and its right was commanded by Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, whose flanking maneuver decided this battle.
Battle of Poltava