Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Ka dib markii uu xaqiijiyey guushiisii uu "ka jeclaa" ee Dagaalkii Holowczyn, in kasta oo ay ka tiro badnaayeen in ka badan saddex illaa 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. Peter the Great, si kastaba ha ahaatee, wuxuu ku guuleystey inuu weeraro ciidanka Lewenhaupt ee
Lesnaya ka hor inta uusan Charles awoodin inuu isku daro ciidamadiisa, sidaas darteedna uu lumiyo sahay qaali ah, artillery iyo kala bar ragga 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.