Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shan kashi da yawa, Sarkin Poland Augustus II Mai ƙarfi ya yi murabus a 1706. Sarkin Sweden Charles XII ya mai da hankalinsa ga Rasha, ya mamaye ta a shekara ta 1708. Bayan ya tsallaka zuwa Rasha, Charles ya ci Peter a Golovchin a watan Yuli. A Yaƙin Lesnaya
, Charles ya sha wahala asararsa ta farko bayan Peter ya murkushe rukuni na ƙarfafawar Sweden da ke tafiya daga Riga. Ba tare da wannan taimakon ba, Charles ya tilasta masa ya yi watsi da shirinsa na tafiya zuwa Moscow.