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Picture: Battle of Poltava
     
        Eric Taken as a Prisoner at Poltava

"In Poltava I was taken prisoner by the Russians because I gave my mount to a lieutenant who thus managed to escape with the king to Turkey. For three months I was imprisoned in Moskow."

    
       

Poltava: Swedish Viewpoint
Poltava: Russian Viewpoint

 

 Picture: Capture of Eric