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Battle of Storkyro
Part of Great Northern War
DateFebruary 19, 1714
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Sweden Russia
Commanders and leaders
Carl Gustaf Armfeldt Mikhail Golitsyn
Strength
2,600 8,000 - 10,000
Casualties and losses
1,600 dead
900 wounded
1,800-2,000 dead or wounded

The battle of Storkyro (Napue) was fought on February 19, 1714 near the village of Napue in Isokyrö, Finland between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War. The Swedish army, made up of Finnish troops, was beaten by the numerically superior Russians. As a result, for the remainder of the war Finland was completely helpless against a Russian occupation, a period of hardship remembered in Finland as the Greater Wrath (Finnish: isoviha).