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Igor Kniazki: "Peter I believed: if the Swedes fail in Pomerania, they will necessarily agree to peace. But Charles XII is mad."
The author of the series, doctor of historical sciences, professor from the Moscow Economic Institute, honorary worker of higher professional education in Russia Igor Kniazki:.
"Peter I's strategic goal is to finally make peace with Sweden. War is a terribly expensive thing, and war is hard. Therefore, Peter believes: Pomerania is the last Swedish possession in Central Europe.
He believes that if the Swedes fail here and are forced to retreat to their own Sweden, in Scandinavia, then they will necessarily agree to peace. But, unfortunately, Charles XII is insane in this regard. Here he justifies the famous joke that this man is willing to accept a twenty-foot bomb to his head rather than conclude even the most beneficial peace for his country."
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