What the records say
- When
- 1 Mar 1710 – 12 Jun 1710
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 60.71° N, 28.74° E
- Description
- 1710 siege during the Great Northern War
Siege of Viborg (1710)
Siege during the Great Northern War
The siege of Viborg took place in the spring of 1710 during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), as a second attempt by the Russians to capture the fortress port of Viborg, near the modern border between Russia and Finland, after a failed attempt in 1706. After the outbreak of the war, Swedish forces had fortified themselves in the port of Viborg.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “June 12, 1710 – Siege of Viborg, a second Russian attempt to capture the fortress port of Viborg from Sweden”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die russische Armee unter Zar Peter I. und Generaladmiral Fjodor Matwejewitsch Apraxin beginnt die Belagerung von Wiborg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page