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Петровские “навигаторы” в Италии: взгляд из Флоренции

Ди Салво, Мария

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Title
Петровские “навигаторы” в Италии: взгляд из Флоренции
Author(s)
Ди Салво, Мария
Issue Date
2025-12-24
Keyword(s)
  • Petrine Russia
  • Russian-italian Relations
  • Alessandro And Francesco Guasconi
  • Petr Alekseevich Golitsyn
Abstract
This article is dedicated to a reconsideration of the Italian documents published by E. F. Shmurlo, which describe the visit of the so-called Russian “navigators” or “volunteers” sent to Venice by Peter the Great (1697-1698). To these must be added the far less known records preserved in Florence State Archive (ASFi), including the correspondence with the Grand Duke of Tuscany’s secretary of the Florentine merchant Alessandro Guasconi, and the postmaster Matteo Del Teglia, both based in Venice. These sources provide new details about Italian reactions to the arrival in Venice of such a large group of Muscovites, and about the widespread hypotheses on the Tsar’s real intentions in sending so many aristocrats to Italy. Of all the stol’niki, Petr Alekseevich Golitsyn develeped a personal relationship with the Grand Duke Cosimo III Medici, with whom for some time he entertained a correspondence in Italian. This special connection was originally favoured by the Guasconi brothers, one of whom, Francesco, was established in Moscow. He seems to have been on good terms with Boris Alekseevich Golitsyn, whose brother Petr he specially recommended to Cosimo III; and Petr Golitsyn demonstrated good diplomatic skill in satisfying the Duke’s curiosity about Muscovy and the exotic peoples subject to the Tsar’s rule.
Series/Report Name or Number
ВИВЛIОθИКА / Vivliofika, volume 13
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Article
Language
rus
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/132847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.vivliofika.v13.2156
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2025 Maria Di Salvo
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).

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ВИВЛIОθИКА V13 2025 PRIMARY
Volume 13