Open AccessFormation of Ukrainian-Swedish Alliance during the Great North War
Author(s) -
Oleksandr Slisarenko
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
problemi vsesvìtnʹoï ìstorìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2707-6776
DOI - 10.46869/2707-6776-2018-6-5
Subject(s) - alliance , ukrainian , political science , state (computer science) , politics , victory , history , mediation , annexation , economic history , ancient history , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
The article is devoted to the events of the crucial stage of the Great North War, in particular the campaign of the Swedish King Charles XII and his army against the Moscow State in 1708-1709. Thecritical moment of this campaign was the conclusion of the alliance between the Swedish King and Ukrainian Hetman I. Mazepa. The success of this alliance could quite possibly lead to the decisivevictory of Sweden over the last of its enemies, Moscow Tsar Peter I. As a result of this victory the independent Ukrainian Cossack State under a nominal protectorate of the Sweden Kingdom couldappear on the East European map. The author of the present material considers military and strategic aspects of the possible alliance basing on the conclusions of the former historians about theinternational political component of Swedish-Ukrainian alliance. The analysis of material enables the author to state that Ukrainian-Swedish alliance was formed without the mediation of Rzeczpospolita atthe moment the Swedish army entered the territory of the Cossack Hetmanate at the end of October 1708.