At the battle of Poltava, on 8th July, 1709, a Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter 1 defeated a Swedish invasion force, thereby putting an end to Sweden's drive for great power status.
Earlier this week, at what may be called the second Battle of Poltava, two Russian missiles struck the main building of Poltava's Military Institute of Communication's killing 50 and injuring several hundred others.
Many of the victims are said to have been Swedish trainers, a fact that may explain this week's resignation of Sweden's foreign minister, Tobias Billström.
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