Peter the Great. In 1697 and 1698, Peter the Great embarked on his Grand Embassy. The primary goal of the mission was to strengthen and broaden the Holy...

org/article/2327/the-grand-embassy-of-peter-the-great/ Wilson, D. (2006) Peter the Great, p. 45 Peter the Great: Part 1 of 3 (The Carpenter Czar) Archived...

memorial to the Russian Tsar Peter the Great was erected in London in 2000 to commemorate the tercentenary of the Grand Embassy of Peter the Great. It stands...

of the population. 1697: The earliest known first-class cricket match takes place in Sussex. 1697-1699: Grand Embassy of Peter the Great. 1699: The 10th...

the city and transferred to Belgorod, Sevsk, and Kiev. In spite of these measures, the streltsy revolted yet again during the Grand Embassy of Peter the...

one-third of the population. 1697–1699: Grand Embassy of Peter the Great to Western Europe. 1699: Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal...

from the Mitchells of Tillygrieg ('he bears arms, but hath no right', citing his humble background). During the Grand Embassy of Peter the Great in 1697-1699...

northward to the Yucatan peninsula. March 9 – Grand Embassy of Peter the Great: Tsar Peter the Great of Russia sets out to travel in Europe incognito...

Grand Embassy of Peter the Great, which was a diplomatic mission to Western Europe in 1697 and 1698 led by Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. The modern...

back to the historical Grand Embassy of Peter the Great. Gaetano Donizetti had set the same story in his 1827 opera Il borgomastro di Saardam. The opera...