Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566-1725 : a forgotten friendship /

Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566-1725: A Forgotten Friendship outlines how the Netherlands had an outsized impact on the early development of Russia into a Great Power in the course of the seventeenth century. Although this influence is usually associated with Peter the Great's reign, the au...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boterbloem, Kees, 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
Subjects:	1648-1801 Diplomatic relations. Russia > Foreign relations > Netherlands. Netherlands > Foreign relations > Russia. Russia > Foreign relations > 1689-1801. Netherlands > Foreign relations > 1648-1714. Russia > History > Peter I, 1689-1725. Netherlands. Russia. History.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: Jordan E. Kurland, 1928-2016, [by] Stuart M. Kurland
Introduction
Chapter 1: The prehistory of Dutch-Russian pelations; the English pioneers
Chapter 2: Flemish trailblazers
Chapter 3: New states on Europe's fringe
Chapter 4: De Vogelaer and Van Klenck
Chapter 5: The Russian and Dutch other
Chapter 6: Diplomatic ties
Chapter 7: Isaac Massa
Chapter 8: Business opportunities
Chapter 9: Guns and grain
Chapter 10: Medicine
Chapter 11: Dutch entrepreneurs
Chapter 12: Pivot: Boreel's Embassy
Chapter 13: Dutch mercenaries in the Tsar's service
Chapter 14: The Western Sloboda
Chapter 15: The New Commercial Statute of 1667
Chapter 16: Envoys
Chapter 17: The Oryol
Chapter 18: Becoming Russian?
Chapter 19: Koenraad van Klenck's Embassy
Chapter 20: The Interregnum, 1676-1689
Chapter 21: Peter the Great
Chapter 22: Patrick Gordon and François Lefort
Chapter 23: Russians in the Republic
Chapter 24: A final blaze of business: Lups and Brants
Chapter 25: Cornelis Cruys and the Russian exchange students
Chapter 26: An era closes: the Eighteenth Century.