 Kusavapo kwezvidziviriro zvemahombekombe kwakanzwika zvikuru nekumhara kweRussia muHelsingfors muchirimo cha1713 uye kukundikana kweSweden kuvhara Hanko Peninsula muna 1714. Hondo yezvikepe yeRussia yakanangana nemhenderekedzo yeSweden kusvika pakupera kweHondo Huru yekuchamhembe yakaratidzazve kudiwa kwekuvandudza kudzivirirwa kwemahombekombe eFinland. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge hondo yapera zvirongwa zvokutanga zvakatangwa muSweden zvokuvaka ngarava dzezvitsuwa uye nzvimbo yokuvhiya muFinland. Zvisinei, hapana chakaitika pamusoro peSveaborg kusvikira pakuguma kweRusso-Swedish War ya17411743. Masvingo akasiiwa asina kupedzwa paHamina neLappeenranta apo Hämeenlinna yakanga ichivakwa kuva nzvimbo yokuchengetera zvinhu. Kusava nemari, kusada kushandisa mari pakudzivirira Finland, uye kutenda kwakatanga hondo isati yatanga kuti Russia yaizodzingwa muGungwa reBaltic ndizvo zvainyanya kukonzera kusabudirira. 