User:Gvssy/Siege of Viborg (1706)
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![]() Viborg around year 1700 depicted in Eric Dahlberg's Suecia antiqua et hodierna | |||||||||
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Viborg garrison | Unknown | ||||||||
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3,000 men | Placeholder | ||||||||
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The Siege of Viborg (1706) was a failed Russian attempt at capturing Viborg in 1706. After a 16 day long siege, Peter I was forced to pull back from Viborg. The fortress would later be successfully captured 4 years later in 1710.