11-12 February 1700 troops of the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland Augustus II invaded Swedish Livonia. The Great Northern War which lasted until 1721. On the territory of modern Latvia fighting was to end in 1710.
One of the episodes of the Great Northern War: Siege of Jelgava Russian Troops from 25 August to 3 September 1705
By order of Peter I in honor of taking the Jelgava was made a commemorative medal, on one side of which was depicted scheme of the castle, on the other - a portrait of the king with a laurel wreath on his head.
Under Nishtadt world in 1721, Sweden recognized the accession of Russia to Livonia with Riga, Reval and Estonia in Narva, Islands of Saaremaa (Saaremaa now) and Dag (Hiiumaa), part of Karelia, Ingria, and other lands from Vyborg to the border Kurland. Sweden also got back to Finland, which was occupied during the war, Russian troops + 1,5 million rubles as compensation for forced temporarily Russia земли.
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