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Treaty of Nystad

The Treaty of Nystad (1721) ended the Great Northern War, in which Russia received the territories of Estonia, Livonia, Karelia and Ingria and Tsar Peter I of Russia replaced King Frederick I of Sweden, as ruler of the conquered provinces. It marked the advent of Russia as a world power in place of Sweden.



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