The Great Embassy of Peter I

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The Great Embassy of
Peter I.
The presentation is done by
Oreshnikov A. FF 2102

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The Great Embassy - the journey of the
Russian Tsar Peter 1 to Western Europe,
carried out in 1697-1698. to establish
diplomatic relations.

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Embassy goals
Enlist the support of European countries in the fight
against the Ottoman Empire;
Acquaintance with Europe, its political life;
Making changes to the state and military system of
Russia following the example of European countries;
search for foreign specialists to work in Russia;
sending to Europe to train Russian nobles;
procurement of materials and weapons.

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The path of the Embassy .
According to the order of the
king, the embassy was sent to
Austria, Saxony, Brandenburg,
Holland, England, Venice. The
path of the embassy followed
through Riga and Konigsberg to
Holland, then to England, from
England the embassy returned
to Holland, and then it visited
Vienna.

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On March 9-10, 1697, the embassy left Moscow for Livonia. In Riga, which was then
the possession of Sweden, Peter wanted to inspect the fortifications of this fortress, but
the Swedish governor, General Dahlberg, refused his request. The tsar got very angry
and called Riga “a cursed place”.
On April 8, the Grand Embassy arrived in Mitava, the capital of the Duchy of Courland.
In Mitava, Peter unofficially met with the Duke of Courland, Friedrich Casimir.
On May 18, the official entry into Konigsberg of the Grand Embassy took place.
Here Peter went to study artillery.
A trade agreement was concluded between Frederick III and Peter I on
the possibility of transporting goods.

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The arrival in Holland
Peter arrived in Holland in August. He got a
job as a carpenter at the Linsta Rogge
shipyard (Saardam), and then at the East
India Company in Amsterdam.
But in Holland, the Russian tsar not only did
carpentry, he visited various institutions,
factories, workshops, attended lectures on
anatomy, studied how a windmill works.
Dutch shipbuilding did not suit Peter, since the
Dutch did not make drawings of the ships
under construction.

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Visiting England.
At the beginning of 1698, the tsar
reached England, where in Deptford
at the royal shipyard he
supplemented his knowledge of
shipbuilding. Here he examined
warships, saw how artillery shells were
made, and even attended a
meeting of the British Parliament.

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The last stop for Peter the Great was
Vienna, from where in July 1698 he
went back to Moscow.

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Peter 1 realized that Russia needs access to the sea,
decided to unleash a war with Sweden for access to the
Baltic Sea coast, instead of a war with the Ottoman
Empire;
The results of
the Embassy.
The emergence of personal (and political) friendship with
the king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (aka the
Saxon Elector) August 2, which later resulted in a military
alliance;
Transformations in the state apparatus of Russia,
considering the experience of Western countries;
Introduction of the European way of life (new chronology,
new clothes, holidays, schools, books, etc.);
Hiring more than 1000 specialists in various fields for service
in Russia;
Purchase of weapons, instruments, equipment;
Opening of new enterprises, manufactories, manufactures
in Russia.

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The resources.
https://istoriyakratko.ru/pravlenie-romanovyh/imperatory/velikoeposolstvo-petra-1.html
All the pictures were taken from Yandex.ru

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