<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Peter akaderedza uto idzva iri mukurwisa zvinhu zveSweden zveLivonia neIngria pamhenderekedzo yeBaltic. Paakanga ava nechokwadi chokuti Charles akanga ava kuenda kumaodzanyemba, akarayira mukuru wake, Boris Sheremetev, kuti arwise makoloni akanga asina kudzivirirwa zvakanaka, ukuwo achitumira divi kumaodzanyemba, kunonoka Charles XII uye kupa Peter nguva yokupedza kugadzirisa mauto ake. Pakupera kwa1701, Sheremetev  <response>: akasangana neuto reSweden rakanga rakanyanya kudarika pamunda paErastfer muLivonia, achivakunda zvine mutsindo; akadzokorora chiitiko ichi zvakare paHummelshof muna Chikunguru 1702. Kukunda uku kuviri, kwokutanga kunokosha mukurwisa kweRussia, kwakabatsira kusimudzira tsika dzeRussia pashure penjodzi yeNarva. Peter akabva atumira Sheremetev kuIngria, kwaakachenesa mauto eSweden paLake Ladoga isthmus. October 1702 akaratidzira kutora nhare yechiSweden yeNöteborg. Muna May 1703, Peter akatora nhare yeNyenschantz. Akasarudza nzvimbo iri pamuromo peNeva, yakakomberedzwa nemadhaka, kuti avake nhare yake yeSaint Petersburg. Pakutanga yaiva nzvimbo yokurwisa vaSweden uye hwindo rokumavirira raPetro, gare gare nhare yacho yaizokura kuva imwe yenzvimbo dzakakura zvikurusa uye dzinokosha zvikurusa dzevanhu veRussia, uye pasi paPetro, guta guru reRussia. 