Great Northern War
- a conflict 1700-21 in which Russia, Denmark, Poland, and Saxony opposed Sweden. The war resulted in Sweden losing her imperial possessions in central Europe, and Russia under Peter the Great becoming a major power in the Baltic.北方大战（1700年至1721年俄罗斯、丹麦、波兰、萨克森同瑞典之间的武装冲突, 致使瑞典失去了在中欧的帝国领地, 而彼得大帝统治的俄罗斯成为波罗的海地区的一个主要强国）。