The delegation of the Swedish Association of the military history (SMB) visited Poltava on September 13-17. During three-day-long stay in Poltava the delegates visited many sights of the Poltava Battle field, had a meeting with the staff of the Poltava Battle Museum, visited a place where the King Charles XII was wounded on the eve of the Battle of Poltava and planted two oak-trees together with local inhabitants near the monument to fallen Swedish warriors erected by their compatriots near the village Pobyvanka.
The SMB delegation near the redoubt reconstructed in 1909 on the eve of the celebration of 200th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava
The SMB delegation near the redoubt reconstructed in 2009 on the eve of the celebration of 300th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava
Poltava military reconstructor Mikhail Mellin (far left) shooting a gun salute to the Swedish guests
Swedes and Ukrainians near the Monument to the fallen soldiers of the King Charles XII
The oak-tree planted by Swedes and Ukrainians near the Monument
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