"Great Northern War" Topic

"Northern war was carried out during a period of complex internal and international relations. It was linked to the War of the Spanish Succession, which occurred at the same time. The war resulted in major international change with the emergence of Russia as an European power. The war had much for development of military art. The Russian army lead western Europe armies in quality. Peter and his helpers worked out new strategy and tactical principles which were the basis for the study of Rumantsiev and Suvorov.

Before the war Russia lagged the West. The people were illiterate and the country had a medieval government structure, basically that of Ivan III. The army lagged in weapons and organization In Moscow in the 1600's many native and foreign master artisans appeared. They began building and created manufacturing industries, especially at Tula and Kashir uezd. The Russian B. I. Morozov built iron works and the Moscow man Gavrilov built factories at Olonetski. The factories served the governments military needs. They made cannon and other firearms. The Izmailovski factory belonged to the Tsar. There was also an increasing foreign trade. Leather amounted to 5 mil rubles a year. Among the imports were tobacco, luxury items, firearms and military supplies. Shipping at Archangel developed between 1600-21 Peter used the situation in Western Europe to help him get his objective. Peter knew less how to exploit this situation…"
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