Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye

Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye

TheTreaty of Preobrazhenskoye(or theTreaty of Preobrazhenskoe) was negotiated byJohann Patkuland signed on 22 November 1699 inPreobrazhenskoye(now a part ofMoscow), a favoured residence of thetsarPeter the Great.It followed an informal meeting of Peter and Augustus atRava(Rawa, Rava-Ruska, Rava-Ruskaya) in August 1698. The treaty called for the partition of theSwedish EmpireamongDenmark-Norway,Russia,Saxonyand thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.Following the treaty, theGreat Northern Warbegan.

Sources

• Anisimov, Evgeniĭ Viktorovich (1993).The reforms of Peter the Great. Progress through coercion in Russia.The New Russian history. M.E. Sharpe. p. 53.ISBN1-56324-047-5.
• Groß, Reiner (2007).Die Wettiner.Kohlhammer Urban Taschenbücher (in German). Vol. 621.Kohlhammer Verlag.pp. 181–182.ISBN978-3-17-018946-1.

External links

• Scan of the treaty at IEG Mainz