Peter’s Quest for the Warm Port
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Peter’s Quest for the Warm PortAlex Zielenski
Russia vs. Ottoman Empire (1695-1696)
• Peter wanted Port Azov– Access to black sea– Turkish people in his way
• Outcomes– Initial Failure
• Small and weak ground force• No naval power
– Counter attack• Demanded ships be built• Victory
Narva1700 • Peter I of Russia vs. Charles XII of
Sweden• Causes
• The Black Sea wasn’t enough, Peter wanted an all-access pass to the Baltic
• Expand territory Eastward• Narva, a warm water port, was
controlled by Sweden at the time• Peter needed warm water ports to
transform Russia into a European power
First Battle of Narva1700
• 40,000 Russians• 10,000 Swedes• Blizzard during battle
– Swedes took advantage of low visibility– Russia suffers crushing defeat
• Swedes suffer low casualties– 12,000 Russians killed, 20,000 taken prisoner– 667 Swedish killed
Second Battle of Narva1704
• Four years after First Battle• Strength:
– 45,000 Russians– 5,100 Swedes
• Russia is victorious, at a cost– 3,200 Swedes killed, 1,900 captured– 13,000 Russians killed (they claim only 2,000)
• Peter signs the Treaty of Narva• Russia has a brand spankin’ new warm water port on the Baltic
Sea
Territorial Expansion
Work Cited• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Treaty_of_Narva• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tsardom_of_Russia• http://www.indepthinfo.com/history/p
eter-modernization.htm