Battle of Lesnaya
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The Battle of Lesnaya was a 1708 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Peter the Great’s Russian forces dealt a crucial blow to a Swedish supply corps, helping to undermine Charles XII’s campaign before Poltava.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Lesnaya canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938903 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Lesnaya Context triple: [Great Northern War, significantBattle, Battle of Lesnaya]
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Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battle of the Don Bend
The Battle of the Don Bend was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1942, where Axis forces, including the Romanian 4th Army, suffered devastating Soviet attacks that helped pave the way for the encirclement at Stalingrad.
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Battle of Maloyaroslavets
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets was a key engagement during Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign that forced the French army to retreat along the devastated route of its advance, contributing significantly to its eventual destruction.
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Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
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Battle of Smolensk
The Battle of Smolensk was a major 1812 engagement during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, in which French and Russian forces clashed fiercely over the strategic city of Smolensk, setting the stage for the later Battle of Borodino.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Lesnaya Target entity description: The Battle of Lesnaya was a 1708 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Peter the Great’s Russian forces dealt a crucial blow to a Swedish supply corps, helping to undermine Charles XII’s campaign before Poltava.
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A.
Battle of the Moskva
The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.
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B.
Battle of the Don Bend
The Battle of the Don Bend was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1942, where Axis forces, including the Romanian 4th Army, suffered devastating Soviet attacks that helped pave the way for the encirclement at Stalingrad.
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C.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets was a key engagement during Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign that forced the French army to retreat along the devastated route of its advance, contributing significantly to its eventual destruction.
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D.
Battle of Tikhvin
The Battle of Tikhvin was a World War II Eastern Front engagement in late 1941 in which Soviet forces halted and pushed back a German offensive threatening to cut off Leningrad.
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E.
Battle of Smolensk
The Battle of Smolensk was a major 1812 engagement during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, in which French and Russian forces clashed fiercely over the strategic city of Smolensk, setting the stage for the later Battle of Borodino.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Cossack troops loyal to Russia
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Swedish Empire ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ |
| campaign | Charles XII’s 1708–1709 campaign in Russia ⓘ |
| casualtiesAndLosses |
heavy Swedish casualties
ⓘ
significant Russian casualties ⓘ |
| combatantCommander |
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt
ⓘ
Peter the Great ⓘ |
| conflict | Great Northern War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Russia
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| date | 1708-10-09 ⓘ |
| describedBy | Peter the Great as the “mother of the Battle of Poltava” ⓘ |
| effect |
destruction of much of Swedish supply train
ⓘ
disruption of supplies for Charles XII’s main army ⓘ loss of Swedish artillery and wagons ⓘ weakening of Swedish strategic position before Battle of Poltava ⓘ |
| endDate | 1708-10-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Poltava ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| involvedBranch |
artillery
ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Lesnaya
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near Propoisk ⓘ present-day Belarus ⓘ |
| logisticalContext |
Russian forces aiming to cut Swedish supply lines
ⓘ
Swedish corps escorting large supply convoy to Charles XII ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt
ⓘ
Peter I of Russia ⓘ
linked to:
Peter the Great
|
| objective | to intercept Swedish supply column ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
Russian army
ⓘ
linked to:
Muscovite army
Swedish corps of Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt ⓘ |
| partOf | Charles XII’s Russian campaign ⓘ |
| precededBy | Swedish advance into Russian territory in 1708 ⓘ |
| result | Russian victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1708-10-09 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
contributed to Swedish army’s supply shortages in winter 1708–1709
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helped enable Russian success at Poltava ⓘ |
| strength |
Russian forces numerically superior to Swedish corps
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Swedish corps approximately 12,000–13,000 men before battle ⓘ |
| theatre |
Eastern European theatre of the Great Northern War
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linked to:
Great Northern War
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| typeOfEngagement | pitched battle ⓘ |
| weatherConditions | fought in autumn conditions with mud and poor roads ⓘ |
| year | 1708 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Lesnaya Description of subject: The Battle of Lesnaya was a 1708 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Peter the Great’s Russian forces dealt a crucial blow to a Swedish supply corps, helping to undermine Charles XII’s campaign before Poltava.
Referenced by (8)
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