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The Treaty of Nystad () was signed in 1721 in the then Swedish town of Nystad
Uusikaupunki

Uusikaupunki , is a list of towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper regions of Finland....
 . It ended the Great Northern War
Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a war in which the so-called Northern Alliance composed of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony engaged Sweden to challenge them for the supremacy in the Baltic Sea....
, in which Russia
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 received the territories of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria, as well as much of Karelia
Finnish Karelia

Karelia is a historical provinces of Finland. It refers to the Western Karelia that during the 2nd millennium AD have been under Western World dominance, religiously and politically....
 and number of islands in Baltic sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
 from Sweden
Swedish Empire

Sweden was, between 1611 and 1718, one of the great powers of Europe. In modern historiography this period is known as the Swedish Empire, or stormaktstiden ....
 and Tsar Peter I of Russia
Peter I of Russia

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V of Russia....
 replaced King Frederick I of Sweden
Frederick I of Sweden

Frederick I was Monarch of Sweden from 1720 and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death....
, as ruler of the conquered provinces. It marked the advent of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 as a great power in Europe in place of Sweden
Swedish Empire

Sweden was, between 1611 and 1718, one of the great powers of Europe. In modern historiography this period is known as the Swedish Empire, or stormaktstiden ....
. Russia returned the conquered territories of Finland and paid 2 million of silver thaler
Swedish riksdaler

The riksdaler was the name of a Sweden coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German Thaler....
 to Sweden as a compensation for lands it lost to Russia .






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The Treaty of Nystad () was signed in 1721 in the then Swedish town of Nystad
Uusikaupunki

Uusikaupunki , is a list of towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper regions of Finland....
 . It ended the Great Northern War
Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a war in which the so-called Northern Alliance composed of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony engaged Sweden to challenge them for the supremacy in the Baltic Sea....
, in which Russia
Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
 received the territories of Estonia, Livonia and Ingria, as well as much of Karelia
Finnish Karelia

Karelia is a historical provinces of Finland. It refers to the Western Karelia that during the 2nd millennium AD have been under Western World dominance, religiously and politically....
 and number of islands in Baltic sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
 from Sweden
Swedish Empire

Sweden was, between 1611 and 1718, one of the great powers of Europe. In modern historiography this period is known as the Swedish Empire, or stormaktstiden ....
 and Tsar Peter I of Russia
Peter I of Russia

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V of Russia....
 replaced King Frederick I of Sweden
Frederick I of Sweden

Frederick I was Monarch of Sweden from 1720 and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730 until his death....
, as ruler of the conquered provinces. It marked the advent of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 as a great power in Europe in place of Sweden
Swedish Empire

Sweden was, between 1611 and 1718, one of the great powers of Europe. In modern historiography this period is known as the Swedish Empire, or stormaktstiden ....
. Russia returned the conquered territories of Finland and paid 2 million of silver thaler
Swedish riksdaler

The riksdaler was the name of a Sweden coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German Thaler....
 to Sweden as a compensation for lands it lost to Russia . The conflict with the other parties, Hanover
Electorate of Hanover

The Electorate of Brunswick-L?neburg became the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire in 1692, when the Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, elevated Duke Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-L?neburg to the rank of Prince-elector of the Empire as a reward for aid given in the War of the Grand Alliance....
, Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
 and Denmark–Norway
Denmark–Norway

Denmark?Norway is the historiography name for a former political entity, union, consisting of the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including the Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands....
, was concluded by the Stockholm treaties
Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War)

With the death of Charles XII of Sweden in 1718 it was obvious that the Great Northern War was coming to a close. His successor Frederick I of Sweden began negotiating the Treaty of Stockholm, which refers to the two treaties signed in 1719 and 1720 that ended the war between Swedish Empire on one side and Electorate of Hanover and Kingdom o...
 in 1719 and 1720.

See also

  • List of treaties
    List of treaties

    This list of treaties contains historic agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups....