The Petition of Peter the Great for The Orthodox Christians of Venice as Part of Russia's Foreign Policy

The petition of Peter the Great for return of a taken church from the Orthodox christians of Venice is interesting in the context of the religious motives behind his domestic and foreign policy, his interaction with Catholicism, and his support of Orthodoxy in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. The char...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iastrebov Aleksei
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's Orthodox University 2016-02-01
Series:Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ II. Istoriâ, Istoriâ Russkoj Pravoslavnoj Cerkvi
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Online Access:http://periodical.pstgu.ru/en/pdf/article/3188