1700 Battle of Narva

315 years ago, on November 30, 1700, the Battle of Narva took place, in which the Swedish army of King Charles XII defeated the Russian army under the command of Field Marshal Charles-Eugene de Croa, who by that time commanded it for less than a day. The poorly trained Russian army was surrounded by a four times smaller Swedish army and capitulated. The day before the battle, having received information that a 50,000-strong Swedish army was approaching Narva (in reality, five times less), and anticipating a rout, Tsar Peter left the army and went to Novgorod.

The Narva defeat became an incentive for the transformation of the Russian army according to the European model.