Bogolyubov A.P. Battle of Grengam on 27 July 1720

Bogolyubov A.P.

1824, the village Pomeranye in Novgorod province – 1896, Paris

Battle of Grengam on 27 July 1720

1866

oil on canvas. 229 х 380
Ж-5587
Received in 1924 from the State Hermitage

CategoryBattle Scenes
Keywords The Epoch of Peter the Great (1682-1725) | Seafarers, naval officers, sailors | war | boat, sailing ships, ships
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The last major battle of the Northern War between Russia and Sweden took place near the island of Grengam in the Baltic on 27 July 1720. A squadron commanded by General-in-Chief Mikhail Golitsyn was pursued by a Swedish fleet which found itself in shallow waters; there it was surrounded by the more manoeuvrable Russian ships which took four enemy frigates by boarding. The Battle of Grengam brought Sweden’s domination of the Baltic to an end and hastened the signing of the Treaty of Nystadt. The prominent marine artist Alexei Bogolyubov has depicted the moment when the massive Swedish ships are surrounded by the warships and galleys of the Russian squadron.

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