<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UPetru waqinisa leli butho elisha ngokuhlasela izindawo zaseSweden zaseLivonia naseIngria ogwini lwaseBaltic. Lapho eseqiniseka ukuthi uCharles wayeya eningizimu, wayala umphathi wakhe, uBoris Sheremetev, ukuba ahlasele amakoloni ayevikelwe kancane, ngesikhathi esifanayo ethumela i-division eningizimu, ukulibazisa uCharles XII futhi anikeze uPeter isikhathi sokuqeda ukulungisa amabutho akhe. Ekupheleni kuka-1701, uSheremetev  <response>: wahlangana nebutho laseSweden elalincane kakhulu ensimini e-Erastfer eLivonia, wabanqoba ngokuqinile; waphinda le feat futhi eHummelshof ngoJulayi 1702. Lezi zinqobe ezimbili, ezokuqala eziphawulekayo emkhankasweni wamaRashiya, zasiza ekuthuthukiseni isimo sengqondo samaRashiya ngemva kwenhlekelele yaseNarva. UPeter wabe esethumela uSheremetev e-Ingria, lapho ahlanza khona amabutho aseSweden esiqhingini saseLake Ladoga. Ngo-October 1702 kwathathwa inqaba yaseSweden iNöteborg. Ngo-May 1703, uPeter wathatha inqaba yaseNyenschantz. Wakhetha indawo emthonjeni weNeva, eyayizungezwe amaxhaphozi, ukuze akhe inqaba yakhe yaseSt. Petersburg. Ekuqaleni kwakuyindawo yokulwisana namaSweden kanye nefasitela likaPetru elibheke entshonalanga, le nqaba kamuva yayizokhula ibe enye yezikhungo ezinkulu kunazo zonke futhi ezibaluleke kunazo zonke zaseRussia, futhi ngaphansi kukaPetru, inhloko-dolobha yaseRussia. 