Treaty of Thorn (1709)

Treaty of Thorn
TypeAlliance
Signed9 October 1709 (1709-10-09)
LocationThorn (Toruń)
Parties
LanguageRussian

Concluded on 9 October 1709, the Treaty of Thorn was an agreement signed in Thorn (Toruń) between Augustus the Strong of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and his counterpart, Peter the Great the Tsar of Russia. Through this agreement, the two parties revived an alliance from an earlier treaty between them in 1699, which their common rival Charles XII of Sweden had dismantled through the 1706 Treaty of Altranstädt. In the 1709 treaty, the two parties agreed to restore the Polish crown to Augustus among various other provisions with different implications for both parties and their respective nations.[1] A close examination of the background to the agreement as well as the terms, implementation, and implications of the Treaty of Thorn underscores its significance in marking the Tsar’s and Russia’s ascendance into a powerful regional player in northeastern Europe.

  1. ^ Bushkovitch, Paul (2001). Peter the Great : the struggle for power, 1671-1725. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-511-01839-8. OCLC 52472322.

Treaty of Thorn (1709)

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