Treaty of Nystad

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The Treaty of Nystad was the 1721 peace agreement that ended the Great Northern War, marking the decline of Swedish great-power status and ceding significant Baltic territories to the Russian Empire.

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Treaty of Nystad canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
international treaty
peace treaty
alsoKnownAs Freden i Nystad
Nystadsfreden
belligerentParty Russian Empire
Sweden
cededTerritory Estonia
Ingria
Kexholm County
Livonia
Reval
surface form: Reval (Tallinn)

Riga
part of Karelia
Saaremaa
surface form: Ösel (Saaremaa)
cededTerritoryFrom Sweden
cededTerritoryTo Russian Empire
compensationPaidBy Russian Empire
compensationPaidTo Sweden
compensationType grain deliveries
monetary indemnity
concludedReignOf Charles XII of Sweden
surface form: Charles XII of Sweden (in terms of foreign policy outcomes)
confirmedPossessionOf Saint Petersburg by Russia
countryAtTimeOfSigning Russian Empire
Sweden
dateSigned 1721-08-30
dateSignedOldStyle 1721-08-19
endedConflict Great Northern War
historicalSignificance consolidated Russian control over the eastern Baltic coast
marked the decline of Sweden as a great power
language German
Latin
negotiatedBy Georg Heinrich von Görtz
Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann NERFINISHED
Jacob Bruce
partOf European balance of power in the early 18th century
precedes Treaty of Fredrikshamn
surface form: Treaty of Åbo
recognizedStatus Russia as a great power in Europe
relatedEvent Battle of Poltava
retainedBySweden Finland
Åland Islands
signatory Kingdom of Sweden
Tsardom of Russia
signedByRepresentativeOfRussia Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann NERFINISHED
Jacob Bruce
signedByRepresentativeOfSweden Johann Lillienstedt
signedIn Nystad
signedInModernLocation Uusikaupunki
surface form: Uusikaupunki, Finland
yearSigned 1721

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Swedish Empire majorTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Great Northern War treaty Treaty of Nystad
Tsardom of Russia signedTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Ingria cededInTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Swedish Livonia cededByTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Stormaktstiden endEvent Treaty of Nystad
Treaty of Frederiksborg relatedTo Treaty of Nystad
Treaty of Fredrikshamn follows Treaty of Nystad
Governorate of Estonia establishedAfter Treaty of Nystad
Uusikaupunki historicalEvent Treaty of Nystad
Uusikaupunki treatySigned Treaty of Nystad
Livonia, a historical region in Europe relatedTreaty Treaty of Nystad
subject surface form: Livonia