The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725), long regarded as the turning point in the Europeanization of Russia, witnessed the establishment of Russia's first modern navy, the Azov Sea fleet. Its creation evokes a fundamental question about the era: was Peter a reformer or a revolutionary? This three-part study examines Russia's maritime experience in the 17th and early 18th centuries in order to address this central question. The author argues that Peter's development of the navy was revolutionary in the scale and level of technology brought to fruition through the reform of existing political and social structures.…mehr
The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725), long regarded as the turning point in the Europeanization of Russia, witnessed the establishment of Russia's first modern navy, the Azov Sea fleet. Its creation evokes a fundamental question about the era: was Peter a reformer or a revolutionary? This three-part study examines Russia's maritime experience in the 17th and early 18th centuries in order to address this central question. The author argues that Peter's development of the navy was revolutionary in the scale and level of technology brought to fruition through the reform of existing political and social structures.
EDWARD J. PHILLIPS is currently serving as a special projects consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He has been a lecturer and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Preface Introduction: Russia and the Sea Before the Seventeenth Century Precedents The First Romanovs and the Sea (The Seventeenth Century) Preparations Beginnings 1688-1696 The Grand Embassy to Europe 1697-1698 Permanence New Enterprises Old Solutions Growth Change and Mission 1697-1700 Admiralty Administration and Finances 1700-1710 Renewal and Ruin 1700-1712 The Lessons of Azov: The Baltic Fleet 1702-1715 Conclusion: The Navy and Peter the Great's Russia Appendix (Tables 1-19) Glossary of Ship Types Bibliography Index
Preface Introduction: Russia and the Sea Before the Seventeenth Century Precedents The First Romanovs and the Sea (The Seventeenth Century) Preparations Beginnings 1688-1696 The Grand Embassy to Europe 1697-1698 Permanence New Enterprises Old Solutions Growth Change and Mission 1697-1700 Admiralty Administration and Finances 1700-1710 Renewal and Ruin 1700-1712 The Lessons of Azov: The Baltic Fleet 1702-1715 Conclusion: The Navy and Peter the Great's Russia Appendix (Tables 1-19) Glossary of Ship Types Bibliography Index
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