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773:Carolean Death March
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173:Charles XII
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1055:References
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663:Gothenburg
642:2nd Viborg
535:Frauenwald
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452:1st Grodno
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375:Systerbäck
365:Hummelshof
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92:53°51′26″N
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1042:Aftermath
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570:Malatitze
565:Holowczyn
560:Petschora
545:Koniecpol
530:Rosenhain
525:Fraustadt
400:Kolkanpää
385:2nd Narva
380:Wesenberg
345:1st Narva
125:Aftermath
1025:Kalmucks
1021:Cossacks
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689:Moldavia
668:Göta Älv
647:Helsinki
600:Oposhnya
432:Saločiai
417:Tryškiai
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370:Nöteborg
360:Erastfer
335:1st Riga
323:Humlebæk
211:Strength
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986:Russian
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910:Lesnaya
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515:Warsaw
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500:Poznań
478:Saxony
474:Poland
462:Kletsk
219:13,000
120:Result
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