Treaty of Nystad

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The Treaty of Nystad was signed in 1721 in the Finnish town of Uusikaupunki (which is called 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.

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