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  • Battle of Storkyro
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  • The Battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 (O.S.) / March 2, 1714 (N.S.) near the village of Napo () in Storkyro parish (), Ostrobothnia, Swedish Empire (present day Finland) between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedish force, consisting almost entirely of Finnish troops, was destroyed by the numerically superior Russian force. As a result, all of Finland сame under Russian military occupation for the rest of the war, a period of hardship known in Finland as the Greater Wrath.
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Strength
  • 4500
  • approx. 9,000 9 guns
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Date
  • 1714-02-19
  • 1714-03-02
Commander
Caption
  • Depiction of the battle by Aarno Karimo
Casualties
  • 1600
  • At least 400 killed and about 1,500 wounded
Result
  • Decisive Russian victory
combatant
  • Swedish Empire
  • Tsardom of Russia
Place
  • Napo village, Isokyrö , Ostrobothnia, Finland, Swedish Empire
Conflict
  • Battle of Storkyro
abstract
  • The Battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 (O.S.) / March 2, 1714 (N.S.) near the village of Napo () in Storkyro parish (), Ostrobothnia, Swedish Empire (present day Finland) between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedish force, consisting almost entirely of Finnish troops, was destroyed by the numerically superior Russian force. As a result, all of Finland сame under Russian military occupation for the rest of the war, a period of hardship known in Finland as the Greater Wrath.