Arkhangelʹsk nakanune i v gody Severnoĭ Voĭny 1700-1721

Bespi͡atykh, I͡U. N.

"This monograph is the first attempt to study consistently the events that took place in the White Sea region during the reign of Peter the Great and to determine their importance for the destiny of our country. Arkhangelsk was the only port in Russia through which the goods of vital importance (first of all for military purposes) were imported from Western Europe and Russia's own products were exported throughout the first and the most strenuous half of the Great Northern War 1700-1721. At the beginning of the 18th century domestic industry provided for the vital needs of the armed forces only to a small extent. Therefore Charles XII justly believed that having captured and destroyed that centre of international trade he would win the war against Russia An expedition of a powerful navy squadron sent to Arkhangelsk by the Swedish King in 1701 was to have been a decisive action, but it...