Ka dib markii uu xaqiijiyey guushii uu "ka jeclaa" ee Dagaalkii Holowczyn, in kasta oo ay ka tiro badnaayeen saddex ilaa hal ciidan cusub oo Ruush ah, Charles wuxuu doortay inuu bari u sii maro Moscow halkii uu isku dayi lahaa inuu qabsado Saint Petersburg, oo laga aasaasay magaalada Iswiidhishka ee Nyenskans shan sano ka hor. Si kastaba ha noqotee, Peter the Great wuxuu ku guuleystey inuu weeraro ciidanka Lewenhaupt ee Lesnaya
ka hor inta uusan Charles awoodin in uu ciidamadiisa mideeyo, taas oo keentay in uu lumiyo sahay qaali ah, artillery iyo kala badh raggii Lewenhaupt. Stanisław Leszczyński, oo ahaa xulufadii reer Poland ee Charles, wuxuu la kulmay dhibaatooyin gudaha ah. Charles wuxuu filayay taageerada kacdoon weyn oo Cossack ah oo uu hogaaminayo Mazepa ee Ukraine, iyadoo la qiyaasayo in Mazepa uu awood u yeeshay inuu isu keeno ilaa 40,000 oo askari. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Ruushku waxay xakameeyeen kacdoonka waxayna burburiyeen caasimaddeeda, Baturin, ka hor inta aysan soo gaarin ciidamada Sweden. Cimiladii adkeyd ayaa adkeyd sidoo kale, sababtoo ah Charles wuxuu ciidamadiisii u kaxeeyay xerada qaboobaha ee Ukraine.