The 325th anniversary of the start of the Great Northern War was marked in Narva with the unveiling of a memorial bench. The bench, rough-hewn from wood, commemorates Charles XII of Sweden's victory.

The Estonian state is to investigate damage caused to historic, Great Northern War-era earthworks in the eastern border town of Narva, reportedly caused by a contractor tasked by the city's ...

The victory of Charles XII in the Battle of Narva against the Russians, by Gustaf Cederström. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Charles was born in 1682 at the Three Crowns Castle in Stockholm ...