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Battle of Lesnaya
The Battle of Lesnaya was one of the decisive battles of the Great Northern War. It took place on September 28, 1708 between a Russian army of 12,000 (14,500 by Swedish sources) men commanded by Princes Repnin and Menshikov and a Swedish force of 16,000 (12,500 by Swedish sources) men, under the command of General Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, at the village of Lesnaya, located on the border between Poland and Russia (now the village of Lisna, Belarus).
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