The Grand Embassy (1697–1698) is incognito voyage of Russian Tsar Peter the Great to Western Europe, whose main official purpose was to secure allies against Ottoman Empire, but it was also intended to gather information on the economic and cultural life of Europe. Events September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher Polhem starts Swedens first technical school. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... Peter I Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyvich) (9 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672–28 January 1725 O.S.1]) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29, 1923...
The embassy comprised about 250 people. Peter I (under name Sgt. Pyotr Mikhaylov) spent 16 months traveling through Germany, Holland, England, and Austria, and worked as a shipwright in Holland and in England. In the course of the journey he amassed knowledge of western technology and hired thousands of craftsmen, engineers, military personnel, architects, and painters to take back to Russia.
Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.
Peter was born in Moscow of the second marriage of his father, Alexis I, who ruled Russia from 1645 to 1676.
Peter, who had spent his early teen years away from the capital playing at soldiering and learning about boatbuilding, was acknowledged as the real ruler of Russia, although Ivan retained his position as co-tsar.
Officially, the GrandEmbassy was headed by the "grand ambassadors" Franz Lefort, Fedor Golovin and Prokopy Voznitsyn.
Peter I conducted negotiations with Duke of Courland and concluded an alliance with Kurfürst of Brandenburg.
Peter the Great and part of the mission also went to Great Britain for 3 months, where the tsar conducted negotiations with William III of England, acquainted himself with shipbuilding, visited shipyards and artillery plants, and recruited foreign specialists.
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