 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pehondo yacho, uto reRussia raparadzwa, Charles XII akafunga kuti vaRussia vakanga vasisiri tyisidziro kwaari uye akatendeukira kumaodzanyemba kunobata nePoland panzvimbo pokutsvaka Russia. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika kare vachiri kukakavadzana pamusoro pokuti Charles aifanira kunge akaenderera mberi nokutsvaka muvengi weRussia akanga aputsika here kana kuti kwete; kudai akanga asarudza kutsvaka Petro, angadai akakurumidza kukunda uye kuchinja mugumisiro wehondo yacho. Pasinei hapo, pashure pokuputsa kukomba kweSaxony paRiga muzhizha ra 1701, Charles akayambukira muCommonwealth yePoland neLithuania. Kunyange zvazvo vaPoland vakaramba kwemakore matanhatu, pakupedzisira vakamanikidzwa kubuda muhondo pashure pokukunda kweSweden, kwaivawo kwakaoma, paHondo yeFraustadt. Augustus II akamanikidzwa kubvisa chigaro choumambo ndokutsiviwa naStanisław Leszczyński akanga asinganyanyi kurwisa, uye Poland yakagumisa mubatanidzwa wayo neRussia. 