Jan Pieter van Suchtelen
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Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Count of Liikkala, Pyotr Kornilovich Suchtelen/Sukhtelen, was a Dutch-born general in the Russian army and diplomat who became best known in Finland as the commander of the s
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Count of Liikkala.
Carl Olof Cronstedt
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Carl Olof Cronstedt the elder was a Swedish naval commander responsible for the overwhelming Swedish victory at the Second Battle of Svensksund, one of the largest naval battles in the history of the
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen
…confrontation took place in the spring of 1808 between van Suchtelen, who directed the siege of Sveaborg, and the fortress's Swedish commander, Vice Admiral Carl Olof Cronstedt. The capitulation of Sveaborg — the great sea fortress outside Helsinki — has been described as close to a mystery. In the account of the war that van…
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