Events from the year 1705 in Russia
Incumbents Monarch – Peter I
Events 7 March – Biryuch is founded. 26 July – Battle of Gemauerthof: Russian troops under Boris Sheremetev clash with Swedish forces led by Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt near Gemauerthof during the Courland operation of the Great Northern War.Kościelniak, Karol. "Battle of Gemauerthof on 26 July 1705." История: факты и символы, 2020, 1 (22), 112-121. 9 August – Battle of Warsaw: Swedish cavalry under Carl Nieroth defeat the Saxon-Polish allied forces commanded by Otto Arnold von Paykull, who ends up being captured. 10 August – A major uprising erupts in Astrakhan against Peter I’s new taxes and duties, arbitrary levies, repression, and the harsh enforcement of the ban on Russian dress and beards. 20 August – Battle of Hogland: In a minor naval engagement near Gogland Island in the Gulf of Finland, the Swedish ship Reval defeats seven Russian galleys, with the battle ending in a Swedish victory. 25 October – Battle of Praga: Swedish forces, supported by Polish allies, repel a larger coalition of Polish, Saxon, and Russian troops led by Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki and Aleksandr Menshikov at Praga near Warsaw.
Undated The Russian Naval Infantry is established. Rovenky is founded. Peter the Great introduces a beard tax, requiring others to pay a fee and carry a medal; with those without tokens to be fined by the local law enforcement. A punitive expedition is led by Sergeyev in Ufa County, demanding 5,000 horses from the Bashkirs. The Bashkirs resist the taxes and authority, sparking the Bashkir rebellion of 1704-1711.
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