Siege of Sveaborg (1808)

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The Siege of Sveaborg (1808) was a pivotal engagement of the Finnish War in which Russian forces blockaded and compelled the surrender of the major Swedish fortress of Sveaborg (Suomenlinna) off Helsinki, hastening Russia’s conquest of Finland.

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Suomenlinna sea fortress significantEvent Siege of Sveaborg (1808)
subject surface form: Suomenlinna