Inostrannye spetsialisty v Rossii v epokhu Petra Velikogo:Biograficheskii slovar' v - pod red.Rzheutsko

The Biographical Dictionary, which includes more than 700 articles, tells about natives of the French-speaking countries of Europe in Russia under Peter the Great - their activities, life, religious life, families. These people left a deep and original imprint on the development of the country, their contribution to Russian culture is huge. Architects, shipbuilders, military, engineers, cooks, hairdressers, representatives of many other professions, they took part in the construction of the new Russian capital, in the creation of palaces and parks, stood at the beginning of the Russian fleet, under their supervision did the first steps of Russian secular art. And, perhaps most importantly, with their participation the whole Russian life was rebuilt.