Peter the Great's Publishing Project. Ilya Kopievsky and New Russian Books
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Peter the Great's Publishing Project. Ilya Kopievsky and New Russian Books
19.99 €
The research of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics" Yu. Zaretsky tells about the publishing project of Peter I during the Great Embassy and the executors of this project. The main one of them was a little-known native of the Belarusian lands Ilya Kopievsky, who translated, compiled and published the first secular textbooks in Russian in the printing house of the Amsterdam merchant Jan Tessing.
The author uses new materials, on the basis of which he recreates the dramatic events of Kopievsky's biography, his difficult relationships with others, the difficulties he encountered in his translation and publishing activities. Amsterdam books found many readers in Russia - Yu. Zaretsky reconstructs their names, occupations and range of interests on the basis of surviving owner records. A meticulous study of the life and works of Kopievsky allows the author to take a new look at one of the important episodes in the history of Peter's reforms.
The author uses new materials, on the basis of which he recreates the dramatic events of Kopievsky's biography, his difficult relationships with others, the difficulties he encountered in his translation and publishing activities. Amsterdam books found many readers in Russia - Yu. Zaretsky reconstructs their names, occupations and range of interests on the basis of surviving owner records. A meticulous study of the life and works of Kopievsky allows the author to take a new look at one of the important episodes in the history of Peter's reforms.
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