Siege of Riga (1700)

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The Siege of Riga (1700) was an early and pivotal Russian-led attempt to capture the Swedish-held Baltic port city of Riga during the opening phase of the Great Northern War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs First Siege of Riga (Great Northern War) ⓘ
attacker Saxony–Poland–Lithuania ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
attackingForceApprox about 18,000–20,000 Saxon and Russian troops ⓘ
belligerent Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
cityBesieged Riga ⓘ
combatType land siege ⓘ
commanderAttacker Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Boris Sheremetev ⓘ
commanderDefender Ernst Albrecht von Dahlberg ⓘ
conflict Great Northern War ⓘ
countryAtTime Swedish Empire ⓘ
defender Swedish Empire ⓘ
Swedish garrison of Riga ⓘ
endDate 1700-12-03 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Narva (1700) ⓘ
garrisonStrengthApprox about 4,000–5,000 Swedish troops ⓘ
historicalEra early 18th century ⓘ
location Baltic region ⓘ
Riga ⓘ
Swedish Livonia ⓘ
monarchSaxonyPoland Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
monarchSweden Charles XII of Sweden ⓘ
notableFeature early Russian attempt to gain Baltic access ⓘ
heavy artillery bombardment of Riga ⓘ
objective capture Riga from Sweden ⓘ
outcome siege lifted ⓘ
partOf Great Northern War ⓘ
phaseOfWar opening phase of the Great Northern War ⓘ
precededBy Saxon invasion of Livonia (1700) ⓘ
primaryWeaponry artillery ⓘ
muskets ⓘ
reasonForFailure approach of Swedish relief forces ⓘ
insufficient coordination among attackers ⓘ
strong Swedish defenses ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Riga (1709) ⓘ
result Swedish victory ⓘ
significance demonstrated resilience of Swedish Baltic defenses ⓘ
illustrated early weaknesses in Russian–Saxon cooperation ⓘ
startDate 1700-11-14 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of major Baltic port ⓘ
theatre Northern European theatre of the Great Northern War ⓘ
linked to: Great Northern War
tsarRussia Peter I of Russia ⓘ
linked to: Peter the Great
year 1700 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Northern War → significantSiege → Siege of Riga (1700) ⓘ
Siege of Riga (1700) → defender → Swedish garrison of Riga ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Riga (1700)
Siege of Riga (1700) → alsoKnownAs → First Siege of Riga (Great Northern War) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Riga (1700)
Saxon invasion of Livonia (1700) → followedBy → Siege of Riga (1700) ⓘ
Battle of Klissow → precededBy → Battle of Riga (1700) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Riga (1700)