Peter’s Quest for the Warm PortAlex Zielenski

Russia vs. Ottoman Empire (1695-1696)

• Peter wanted Port Azov– Access to black sea– Turkish people in his way

• Outcomes– Initial Failure

• Small and weak ground force• No naval power

– Counter attack• Demanded ships be built• Victory

Narva1700 • Peter I of Russia vs. Charles XII of

Sweden• Causes

• The Black Sea wasn’t enough, Peter wanted an all-access pass to the Baltic

• Expand territory Eastward• Narva, a warm water port, was

controlled by Sweden at the time• Peter needed warm water ports to

transform Russia into a European power

First Battle of Narva1700

• 40,000 Russians• 10,000 Swedes• Blizzard during battle

– Swedes took advantage of low visibility– Russia suffers crushing defeat

• Swedes suffer low casualties– 12,000 Russians killed, 20,000 taken prisoner– 667 Swedish killed

Second Battle of Narva1704

• Four years after First Battle• Strength:

– 45,000 Russians– 5,100 Swedes

• Russia is victorious, at a cost– 3,200 Swedes killed, 1,900 captured– 13,000 Russians killed (they claim only 2,000)

• Peter signs the Treaty of Narva• Russia has a brand spankin’ new warm water port on the Baltic

Sea

Territorial Expansion

Work Cited• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Treaty_of_Narva• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Tsardom_of_Russia• http://www.indepthinfo.com/history/p

eter-modernization.htm