In 1709, after nine years of fighting, Peter the Great destroyed archrival Charles XII’s tough Swedish army— marking the rise of modern Russia. Sweden’s king, once considered invincible among European monarchs, lay helpless on a stretcher, his left foot wrapped in bloody rags. All but three of his escorts had been shot down, the bodies …
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