Kees Boterbloem is professor of history at the University of South Florida.
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Foreword: Jordan E. Kurland, 1928-2016, Stuart M. Kurland Introduction Chapter 1: The Prehistory of Dutch-Russian Relations; the English Pioneers Chapter 2: Flemish Trailblazers Chapter 3: New States on Europe's Fringe Chapter 4: De Vogelaer and Van Klenck Chapter 5: The Russian and Dutch Other Chapter 6: Diplomatic Ties Chapter 7: Isaac Massa Chapter 8: Business Opportunities Chapter 9: Guns and Grain Chapter 10: Medicine Chapter 11: Dutch Entrepreneurs Chapter 12: Pivot: Boreel's Embassy Chapter 13: Dutch Mercenaries in the Tsar's Service Chapter 14: The Western Sloboda Chapter 15: The New Commercial Statute of 1667 Chapter 16: Envoys Chapter 17: The Oryol Chapter 18: Becoming Russian? Chapter 19: Koenraad van Klenck's Embassy Chapter 20: The Interregnum, 1676-1689 Chapter 21: Peter the Great Chapter 22: Patrick Gordon and Francois Lefort Chapter 23: Russians in the Republic Chapter 24: A Final Blaze of Business: Lups and Brants Chapter 25: Cornelis Cruys and the Russian Exchange Students Chapter 26: An Era Closes: The Eighteenth Century
Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566-1725: A Forgotten Friendship (Lexington Books, 2021) guides us through one of Russia's most important early modern relationships. This brisque and engaging read introduces us to the diplomats, merchants, mercenaries, and shipwrights, who mediated all manner of exchanges between Russia and the Netherlands, offering a fresh perspective on how this important relationship changed before and during the reign of Peter I. * New Books Network *