Moderniser of Russia: Andrei Vinius, 1641-1716

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

2013

Keywords

bibliography, culture, Europe, knowledge, medicine, play, Russia, transformation, translator

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137323675

Abstract

This book investigates Russia's transformation into a European Power by way of the activities of the tsarist translator and official Andrei Vinius, who became an important advisor to Peter the Great. Vinius emerges as an influential conduit of Western culture and technology, who played a key role in transforming Muscovy into Russia.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Moderniser of Russia: Andrei Vinius, 1641-1716, Palgrave Macmillan, 271 p.

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