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Moderniser of Russia

Andrei Vinius, 1641-1716

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  1. Kees Boterbloem

    1. Department of History, University of South Florida, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Disappearing Dutch and Russia’s Modernization

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 21-35

  4. The Young Vinius

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 36-51

  5. At the Foreign Office

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 52-76

  6. Intrepid Diplomat

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 77-95

  7. The Miloslavskii Ascendancy: Medicine and Mail

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 96-118

  8. Seeker in an Age of Transition

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 119-135

  9. Peter’s Confidant

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 136-159

  10. At the Siberian Desk

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 160-182

  11. Fall, Flight, and Rehabilitation

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 183-207

  12. Vinius’s Book Collection

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 208-231

  13. Conclusion

    • Kees Boterbloem
    Pages 232-234

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 235-271
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University of South Florida, USA

    Kees Boterbloem

About the author

Dr. Kees Boterbloem is Professor of History and Coordinator of Russian, East-European and Eurasian Studies at the University of South Florida, USA, and has been the editor of The Historian since 2008. He is the author of three books in English: Life and Death under Stalin: Kalinin Province, 1945-1953 (1999); The Life and Times of Andrei Zhdanov, 1896-1948 (2004); The Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys: A Seventeenth-Century Dutch Globetrotter (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008); and one in Dutch: De Lotgevallen van Jan Struys in Rusland en Iran (2012).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Moderniser of Russia

  • Book Subtitle: Andrei Vinius, 1641-1716

  • Authors: Kees Boterbloem

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137323675

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32366-8Published: 27 February 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45872-1Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32367-5Published: 27 February 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 271

  • Topics: Russian, Soviet, and East European History, European History, Political History, Modern History

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