# Battle of Grengam on 27 July 1720 [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ZUBOV, Aleksey Fyodorovich]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Etching with line engraving, 500 x 720 mm ## Commentary Battle of Grengam on 27 July 1720 1721 Etching with line engraving, 500 x 720 mm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The Battle of Grengam of 1720 was the last major naval battle in the Great Northern War that took place in the Aland Islands, in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland. The battle marked the end of Russian and Swedish offensive naval operations in the Baltic waters. The Russian fleet has conducted one more raid on the Swedish coasts in spring 1721, whereupon the Treaty of Nystad was signed, ending the war. ## Related artworks - [Triumphal Entry of the Russian Troops into Moscow]() - [View of the Summer Gardens from the Neva River]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()