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War against Russia 1741-1743 The war was instigated by the Hats, a Swedish political The coup did take place in December, but the new party that aspired to regain the territories lost Tsarina, Elisabetha Petrovna, reneged on her promises to to Russia during the 1700-1721 war and return the Baltic provinces to Sweden and continued the by French diplomacy, which sought to divert Russia's vigorous prosecution of the war, under the guidance of attention from supporting its long-standing ally, her pro-Austrian chancellor. the Habsburg monarchy, in the War of the Austrian Suc- cession 1740-1748. Peace Treaty is signed where Russia evacuate the army from Finland and Sweden had to name as the heir to the The Swedish war plan was to first capture Vyborg and throne Adolf Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp, an uncle of then advance further towards Saint Petersburg. The the Russian Tsarina's heir and also ceding some parts of [2] objective of these manoeuvres was to threaten St. Peters- south eastern Finland to Russia. burg and to set the stage for a coup d'état engineered by French and Swedish diplomats and aimed at toppling the pro-Austrian regime of Anna Leopoldovna. 1741 Free-letter by Sw. Royal Mail Helsingfors - Åbo, Finland... ...with listing nr “8”. Dated and signed July 28, 1741”. Sent as Free-letter with notation of weight and rate in the sender’s Free- letter book by the post-master. Sender was the Sw. Lieutenant-Colonel Henrik Magnus Buddenbrock in charge of the Sw. forces in Finland. Content is an order to send am- munitions to the frontline units. 3 öre silver coins Helsingfors- Åbo letter rate -1¼ lod (=16.6g.) Jun. 1, 1719-Jun. 30, 1747. Wwritten and sent of the first day of war ! Finland uu uu (Sweden) 1741-43 Åbo 1741 uu Helsingfors SWEDEN uu RUSSIA Stockholm uu uu uu The letter route Carlscrona Enemy forces Duration: Jul. 28, 1741 - Aug. 7, 1743 Main area: Finland Enemy: Russia Sw. militaries: approx. 18000