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Battle of Hogland, the Glossary

The Battle of Hogland was a naval battle that took place on during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).^[1]

27 relations: Archipelago fleet, Baltic Fleet, Charles XIII, Denmark, Finland, Gogland, Gulf of Finland, Helsinki, Imperial Russian Navy, James Trevenen, Karlskrona, Kronstadt, Literal translation, Lomonosov, Russia, Louis Jean Desprez, Naval warfare, Relapsing fever, Russia, Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), Saint Petersburg, Samuel Greig, Seskar, Strategic victory, Suomenlinna, Sweden, Swedish Navy, Tallinn.
1788 in Europe
Conflicts in 1788
Gulf of Finland
History of Kymenlaakso
Naval battles of the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)

Archipelago fleet

The archipelago fleet (skärgårdsflottan), officially the "fleet of the army" (arméns flotta), was a maritime branch of the Swedish Armed Forces which existed between 1756 and 1823.

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Baltic Fleet

The Baltic Fleet (Baltiyskiy flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.

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Charles XIII

Charles XIII, or Carl XIII (Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Gogland or Hogland (Гогланд, transliteration from original Hogland; Suursaari, German: Hochland) is an island in the Gulf of Finland in the eastern Baltic Sea, about 180 km west from Saint Petersburg and 35 km from the coast of Finland (near Kotka).

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Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland (Soome laht; Suomenlahti; p; Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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Imperial Russian Navy

The Imperial Russian Navy operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917.

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James Trevenen

James Trevenen (1 January 1760 – 9 July 1790) was an officer in the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy.

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Karlskrona

Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018.

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Kronstadt

Kronstadt (Kronshtadt) is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg, near the head of the Gulf of Finland.

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Literal translation

Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.

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Lomonosov, Russia

Lomonosov (Ломоно́сов; before 1948: Oranienbaum, Ораниенба́ум) is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg proper.

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Louis Jean Desprez

Louis Jean Desprez (occasionally but incorrectly Jean Louis Desprez) (May 1743–18 March 1804) was a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden during the last twenty years of his life.

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Naval warfare

Naval warfare is combat in and on the sea, the ocean, or any other battlespace involving a major body of water such as a large lake or wide river.

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Relapsing fever

Relapsing fever is a vector-borne disease caused by infection with certain bacteria in the genus Borrelia, which is transmitted through the bites of lice, soft-bodied ticks (genus Ornithodoros), or hard-bodied ticks (Genus Ixodes).

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)

The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. Battle of Hogland and Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) are 1788 in Europe, Conflicts in 1788 and History of Kymenlaakso.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Samuel Greig

Vice-Admiral Samuel Greig, also known as Samuil Karlovich Greig (Самуил Карлович Грейг; 30 November 1735 &ndash), was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788).

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Seskar

Seskar (Сескар; Seitskär; Seiskari) is an island in the Gulf of Finland, part of the Leningrad Oblast of Russia.

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Strategic victory

A strategic victory is a victory that brings long-term advantage to the victor and disturbs the enemy's ability to wage a war.

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Suomenlinna

Suomenlinna (until 1918 Viapori), or Sveaborg, is an inhabited sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified; it is about 4 km southeast of the city center of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

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