1714 Swedish Royal Navy and Imperial Russian Navy Battle of Gangut bronze medal

The Battle of Gangut, byAleksey Bogolyubov. The RussianTsar Peter I had begun his offensive in Finland in the spring of 1713. First Russian transports left fromHelsingfors in early May but had to stop east ofHangö toEkenäs from where the supplies needed to be hauled overland.

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