1703 in Russia
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Events from the year 1703 in Russia
Incumbents
Events
- 21 April â Battle of Pultusk; Charles XII wins the Battle of Pultusk during the invasion of Poland and Lithuania.
- 27 May â Tsar Peter the Great founds Saint Petersburg on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, naming it after the apostle Saint Peter.[1]
Undated
- Polish Sejm raise Polish and Lithuanian armies against Russia to 36,000 and 12,000 men respectively.[2]
- Peter the Great assaults and captures the island fortress of Nöteborg, renaming it Shlisselburg.[3]
Ongoing
Births
- March 5 - Vasily Trediakovsky
- December 24 - Aleksei Chirikov
