- •Research work Cultural relations between Great Britain and Russia
- •Introduction The first page of history of Russian-British relations.1st middle of XVI century.The discovery of north trade route
- •Main part
- •2Nd middle of XVI century. British’s knowledge about Russia. “Moscovitas” in British literature
- •2Nd middle of xvIth century. The attempts of the forming of an alliance. British ambassadors and their works about Russia
- •2Nd middle of xvIth century. Russians in Britain.The collections of ambassador’s gifts
- •The relations between Britain and Russia in the late xvIth century and in early xviIth century. Boris Godounoff
- •The relations between Britain and Russia in the late xvIth century and in early xviIth century. British architects in the time of Michael Theodorovitch
- •The relations between Britain and Russia in the late xvIth century and in early xviIth century. The British embassies and British’s knowledges about Russia
- •The relations between Britain and Russia in the late xvIth century and in early xviIth century. Russians knowledges about Britain
- •The relations between Britain and Russia in 2nd middle of xvIth century. Rupture and rehabilitation of diplomatic relations
- •The cultural relations between Britain and Russia at the outset of xviiIth century. Peter the Great
- •Russian-British cultural relations in the middle of xviiIth century
- •Russian-British cultural relations in the 2nd middle of xviiIth century. The government of Catherine II. Classicism
- •Russian-British cultural relations in the 2nd middle of xviiIth century. The government of Catherine II. Sentimentalism
- •Russian-British cultural relations in the early xiXth century. 1812. Romanticism
- •Russian-British cultural relations in xiXth and in the early xXth centuries
- •The modern facts
- •List of Literature
- •Table of contents
Research work Cultural relations between Great Britain and Russia
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Introduction The first page of history of Russian-British relations.1st middle of XVI century.The discovery of north trade route
History of diplomatic and commercial relations between Great Britain and Russia began in middle of XVIth century, when Ivan the Terrible received English traveler Richard Chensler in Moscow. However, Russian annals and British chronicle contain the vague information about presence of two British princes at the court of Yaroslav Wise. There is still information about Gita, the daughter of Harold, who escaped in Denmark, then in Flandry, was married to Vladimir Vsevolodovitch Monomakh since 1074 and her son had the name Mstislav-Harold in honour of grandfather. More precise information about Russian-British contacts is related to XVIth century - in 1524 prince Zasekin-Zaslavsky and deacon S. B. Trofimoff visited the British Isles.
However, the establishment of closes and constants contacts in related to 1550th, when Ivan the Terrible [IV] governed.
In 1553 “Merchant Adventurer’s Company”, which was created in London, fit out an expedition for the search of north-east trade route in China and India.
The storm broke the dangerous way of this expedition and scattered the ships over White Sea. During the storm the admiral of expedition Willoay was lost and all ships except one named “Edward Bonaventure”, which found the fishing quay of north monastery in mouth of Severnaya Dvina.
Then Ivan the Terrible received chief of expedition Richard Chensler in Moscow. The chief presented the gilded engraved cup, which exhibits in Orugeinaya Palata of Kremlin. Three members of expedition: admiral Ouilleby, navigating officer Berrou and Chensler kept their diaries with description of voyage. In 1554 Chensler returned to Britain and brought the message from Russian tzar to British queen. He made the report “Anglorum navigatio ad Moscovitas” too.
Chensler’s expedition marked the beginning of development of commercial and diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Russia, was taken down in Russian annals and was praised by British pets of XVIth century: William Warner “Albion’s England” (1602), Michael Drafon “Poly-Albion” (1613).
British tradesmen appraised the trade route in Russia. For the British-Russian trade Arkhangelsk was built. The trade prospered, because the duties were wanting, and in 1555 trade “Moscow Company” was founded.
In 1555 Chensler accomplished the second expedition in Moscow. He was returning in London with Russian ambassador Osip Nepea. Not far from Scotland their ship met with disaster, and Chensler with his son perished. Russian ambassador had a narrow escape, then he was received in London, and the trade agreement was signed. By this document Russian merchants derived advantage from the trade in Russia, they investigated this country: her geography, political system.
Russian fur, honey, wax, steel and mica were objects of trade. British merchants had a right to mine the ore in Russia too.
In 1580 Arthur Pat and Charles Jakeman accomplished the third expedition in Russia for the search of trade route in China and India. The time was when people thought that the river Ob rose in Chinese lake on which Chinese emperor’s palace was.