The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
The Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 was the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over the Swedish forces under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, in one of the battles of the Great Northern War.
This facts and several other stories were told fosterlings of the social shelter for minors at the lesson on military history. According to social teachers, the aim of the lesson was to encourage patriotic upbringing, love and respect towards military history of Russia.