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This study analyzes the origins and evolution of Peter the Great's navy.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Russia and the Sea Before the Seventeenth Century Precedents The First Romanovs and the Sea (The Seventeenth Century) Preparations Beginnings, 1688-1696 The Grand Embassy to Europe, 1697-1698 Permanence New Enterprises, Old Solutions Growth, Change, and Mission, 1697-1700 Admiralty Administration and Finances, 1700-1710 Renewal and Ruin, 1700-1712 The Lessons of Azov: The Baltic Fleet, 1702-1715 Conclusion: The Navy and Peter the Great's Russia Appendix (Tables 1-19) Glossary of Ship Types Bibliography Index

About the Author

EDWARD J. PHILLIPS is currently serving as a special projects consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. He has been a lecturer and Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and the University of Maryland at College Park.