The Ingrian War, which lasted from 1610 to 1617, was initiated by Sweden against Russia in a final attempt to put a Swedish count on the Russian throne, but ended with a large Swedish territorial gain in the Treaty of Stolbovo
At the beginning of that year Charles had concluded an alliance with tsar Basil IV of Russia[?] against their common foe, the Polish king; but when, in 1611, Basil was deposed by his own subjects and the whole tsardom seemed to be on the verge of dissolution, Sweden's policy towards Russia changed its character.
The wars with Denmark and Russia had been almost exclusively Scandinavian wars; the Polish war was of world-wide significance.
In the eyes of the Swedish king, moreover, the Polish War was a war of religion.
Ingrian Finns are represented in UNPO by Inkeri Liitto.
The Ingrian Finns have not been separated from the rest of the Finns since the census of 1939.
The destiny of the Ingrian Finns has been seriously affected by the location of the Russian-Swedish border on the Isthmus of Karelia after the Great Northern War, which separated them from the rest of the Finns.
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