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 | | In 1617 Sweden's gains in the Treaty of Stolbovo had deprived Russia of direct access to the Baltic Sea, and internal strife during much of the first half of the 1600s meant that they were never in a position to challenge Sweden for these gains. |
 | | Five years later (September 24, 1706) he did, indeed, conclude the Polish War by the treaty of Altranstadt, but as this treaty brought no advantage to Sweden, not even compensation for the expenses of six years of warfare, it was politically condemnable. |
 | | 1617 the Treaty of Stolbovo, Sweden's gains deprived Russia of direct access to the Baltic Sea (Sweden was given the province of Ingria and the townships of Ivangorod, Jama, Koporye and Noteborg). |
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