This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Jaakko Sivonen (talk | contribs) at 15:21, 1 April 2007 (Rv Drieakkos unexplained biased edits to neutral. Uusikaupunki is unilingually Finnish, so the Finnish name has the priority. Stop your vandalism!). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 15:21, 1 April 2007 by Jaakko Sivonen (talk | contribs) (Rv Drieakkos unexplained biased edits to neutral. Uusikaupunki is unilingually Finnish, so the Finnish name has the priority. Stop your vandalism!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Treaty of Nystad (Template:Lang-fi; Template:Lang-sv; Template:Lang-ru) was signed was signed in 1721 in the town of Uusikaupunki (Nystad in Swedish). It ended the Great Northern War, in which Russia received the territories of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria, as well as much of Karelia and Tsar Peter I of Russia replaced King Frederick I of Sweden, as ruler of the conquered provinces. It marked the advent of Russia as a great power in Europe in place of Sweden. The conflict with the other parties, Hannover, Kingdom of Prussia and Denmark, was concluded by the Stockholm treaties in 1719 and 1720.