Foreign policy in the first quarter of the XVIII century. The transformation of Russia into an empire

The main directions of foreign policy:
- Western
- Southern

the Great Embassy

Great Northern War
Main events:
-Battle of Narva (1700)
-Battle of Erestfer (1701)
-Siege of Dorpat (1704)
-Battle of the village of Lesnoy (1708)
-Battle of Poltava (1709)
-Battle of Gangut (1714)
-Battle of Gringam (1720)

Southern direction: Azov campaigns
The first Azov campaign
The second Azov campaign

Russo-Persian War