In the first few years of the eighteenth century, Charles XII of Sweden found his wars with the Russians to be proceeding very satisfactorily; that is, until his army was lured into Poltava during the bitter winter of 1709 and then destroyed by the Russian policy of burning all foodstuffs as the enemy retreated.
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1992 - Nine out of ten Freemasons would attack Moscow in winter - Peter Thornton.
