...A city in northeastern Ukraine. Population 320,000 (1991). It is an ancient city that was first mentioned in the Russian chronicles as Ltava in 1174, but it was the Northern War (1700-21) that made its name known in world history. The army of Sweden's Charles XII, who invaded Russia, joined forces with the Ukrainian Cossack chief Mazepa in May 1709 and besieged the strategic city of Poltava, but was defeated in July by the army of Russian Tsar Peter I. The Battle of Poltava determined the outcome of the Northern War. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ltava" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ウクライナ北東部の都市。人口32万(1991)。1174年にロシア年代記に初めてルタワLtavaの名で言及される古都であるが,その名を世界史に残したのは北方戦争(1700‐21)であった。ロシアに侵攻したスウェーデンのカール12世の軍隊は,1709年5月,ウクライナ・コサックの首長マゼパと手を結び,要衝ポルタワを包囲したが,7月ロシア皇帝ピョートル1世の軍隊の攻撃をうけ大敗を喫した。このポルタワの戦は,北方戦争の帰趨(きすう)を制した。… ※「Ltava」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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