The founding of Russia's navy Peter the Great and the Azov Fleet, 1688-1714
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The founding of Russia's navy Peter the Great and the Azov Fleet, 1688-1714
Author:
Phillips, Edward J.
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9780313031489
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 214 p.)
Series:
Contributions in military studies, 159
Contributions in military studies ; no. 159.
Contents:
8. The Lessons of Azov: The Baltic Fleet, 1702-1715; Preface; Introduction: Russia and the Sea Before the Seventeenth Century; Part I: PRECEDENTS; 1. The First Romanovs and the Sea (The Seventeenth Century); Part II: PREPARATIONS; 2. Beginnings, 1688-1696; 3. The Grand Embassy to Europe, 1697-1698; PART III: PERMANENCE; 4. New Enterprises, Old Solutions; 5. Growth, Change, and Mission, 1697-1700; 6. Admiralty Administration and Finances, 1700-1710; 7. Renewal and Ruin, 1700-1712; Conclusion: The Navy and Peter the Great's Russia; Appendix; Notes; Glossary of Ship Types; Bibliography.
Abstract:
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.
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