Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye


The Treaty of Preobrazhenskoye was negotiated by Johann Patkul and signed on 22 November 1699 in Preobrazhenskoye, a favoured residence of the tsar Peter the Great. It followed an informal meeting of Peter and Augustus at Rava in August 1698. The treaty called for the partition of the Swedish Empire among Denmark-Norway, Russia, Saxony and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Following the treaty, the Great Northern War began.