Monument to the Swedes from the Swedes

If you are a Swede visiting Poltava this is a MUST for you

The monument is solid, has stood invariably for over a hundred years, the Swedes honored their compatriots, who together with the Ukrainians died in an unequal battle with a large army of Peter I. Ukrainians as a result of the Battle of Poltava did not free themselves from the influence of the "northern neighbor", and the Swedes were defeated in the North war with Russia.

Perpetuation of glorious Cossack events

Some of my travel goals That's why I went here To see this place and have to lay down a wreath and pay tribute to the fallen in the course of 1709 years

The monument to the Swedes from the Swedes was built in 1909 near Poltava near the village of Pobyvanka, not far from the northern border of the field of the Battle of Poltava. For the first time the question of perpetuating the memory of the dead Swedish soldiers was raised in 1890